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Locality 3, Conklin Grove, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowville

Cayuga County, New York
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Minerals on record here

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Recorded here: fossil.

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About Locality 3, Conklin Grove, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowville

Locality 3, Conklin Grove, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowville is a fossil collection site in Cayuga, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Ludlowville Formation, dated to the Givetian (387.95–382.31 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Ambocoelia, Chonetoidea, Cyrtina, Tropidoleptus, Brachiopoda, Actinopteria.

Geologic setting

Formation
Ludlowville
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
19
Locality notes

Owasco7 1/2 minute quad--stream crossed by Rockefeller Road, approximately 0.8 miles (1.3km) southeast of Conklin Cove, east side of Owasco Lake; coordinates based on location relative to Owasco Lake and Conklin Cove, NY.

Fossils found here

Ambocoelia
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Chonetoidea
Strophomenata
Cyrtina
Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinidae
Tropidoleptus
Rhynchonellata · Tropidoleptidae
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda
Actinopteria
Bivalvia · Pterineidae
Nuculoidea
Bivalvia · Nuculidae
Palaeoneilo
Bivalvia · Malletiidae
Bivalvia
Bivalvia
Phacops
Trilobita · Phacopidae
Aulocystis
Anthozoa · Aulocystidae
Fenestella
Stenolaemata · Fenestellidae
Sulcoretepora
Stenolaemata · Sulcoreteporidae
Bryozoa
Bryozoa
Productella
Strophomenata · Productellidae
Nucleospira
Rhynchonellata · Nucleospiridae
Pseudoatrypa
Rhynchonellata · Atrypidae
Cypricardella
Bivalvia · Crassatellidae
Cypricardinia
Bivalvia · Cypricardiniidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9369 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Locality 3, Conklin Grove, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowville

Can you collect at Locality 3, Conklin Grove, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowville?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Locality 3, Conklin Grove, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowville?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 4 kg iron meteorite was found at Seneca Falls in 1850, 16 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.