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Locality 31 (County Rd 24), Camarotoechia sandstones, Mottville Member, Otsego C

Otsego County, New York
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Locality 31 (County Rd 24), Camarotoechia sandstones, Mottville Member, Otsego C

Locality 31 (County Rd 24), Camarotoechia sandstones, Mottville Member, Otsego C is a fossil collection site in Otsego, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Skaneateles Formation, dated to the Givetian (387.95–382.31 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shoreface and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Mucrospirifer mucronatus, Pustulatia pustulosa, Allanella tullius, Camarotoechia, Rhipidomella, Mytilarca.

Geologic setting

Formation
Skaneateles
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
shoreface
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
13
Locality notes

Schuyler Lake Quadrangle--roadcut on west sie and in drainage ditch along County Road 24, 2.7 miles southwest of Richfield; coordinates based on location relative to Richfield, NY.

Fossils found here

Mucrospirifer mucronatus
Rhynchonellata · Mucrospiriferidae
Pustulatia pustulosa
Rhynchonellata · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Allanella tullius
Rhynchonellata · Adolfiidae
Camarotoechia
Rhynchonellata · Camarotoechiidae
Rhipidomella
Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae
Mytilarca
Bivalvia · Ambonychiidae
Pectinidae
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Cornellites
Bivalvia · Pterineidae
Grammysia
Bivalvia · Grammysiidae
Modiomorpha concentrica
Bivalvia · Modiomorphidae
Favosites
Anthozoa · Favositidae
Heterophrentis
Anthozoa · Amplexidae
Dipleura dekayi
Trilobita · Homalonotidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 8970 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Locality 31 (County Rd 24), Camarotoechia sandstones, Mottville Member, Otsego C

Can you collect at Locality 31 (County Rd 24), Camarotoechia sandstones, Mottville Member, Otsego C?

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 31 (County Rd 24), Camarotoechia sandstones, Mottville Member, Otsego C?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 68 kg iron meteorite was found at Burlington in 1819, 10 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.