Maryland 22A5
New York42.54000, −74.87000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Maryland 22A5
Maryland 22A5 is a fossil collection site in New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Moscow 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 Spinocyrtia granulosa, Mucrospirifer mucronatus, Tropidoleptus carinatus, Longispina mucronata, Pseudoatrypa devoniana, Eumetabolotoechia multicostata.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Moscow
- Geologic interval
- Givetian
- Age
- 387.95–382.31 Ma
- Depositional environment
- offshore
- Tectonic setting
- foreland basin
- Recorded occurrences
- 19
Fossils found here
Spinocyrtia granulosa
Rhynchonellata · Spinocyrtiidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus
Rhynchonellata · Mucrospiriferidae
Tropidoleptus carinatus
Rhynchonellata · Tropidoleptidae
Longispina mucronata
Strophomenata · Chonetidae
Pseudoatrypa devoniana
Rhynchonellata · Atrypidae
Eumetabolotoechia multicostata
Rhynchonellata · Leiorhynchidae
Palaeoneilo constricta
Bivalvia · Malletiidae
Eoschizodus
Bivalvia · Eoschizodidae
Nuculites
Bivalvia · Cucullellidae
Nuculites oblongatus
Bivalvia · Cucullellidae
Carydium
Bivalvia · Carydiidae
Cypricardella
Bivalvia · Crassatellidae
Modiomorpha concentrica
Bivalvia · Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha mytiloides
Bivalvia · Modiomorphidae
Orthoceras
Cephalopoda · Orthoceratidae
Allanella tullius
Rhynchonellata · Adolfiidae
Nuculoidea corbuliformis
Bivalvia · Nuculidae
Athyris
Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae
Kitikamispira hamiltoniae
Gastropoda · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 89942 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Maryland 22A5
Can you collect at Maryland 22A5?
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 Maryland 22A5?
Fossil.
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