New Berlin 20H3 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, Cyrtina hamiltonensis, Cypricardella, Allanella tullius.

Geologic setting

Formation: Moscow
Geologic interval: Givetian
Age: 387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment: offshore
Tectonic setting: foreland basin
Recorded occurrences: 7

Fossils found here

Spinocyrtia granulosa

Rhynchonellata · Spinocyrtiidae

Mucrospirifer mucronatus

Rhynchonellata · Mucrospiriferidae

Tropidoleptus carinatus

Rhynchonellata · Tropidoleptidae

Cyrtina hamiltonensis

Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinidae

Cypricardella

Bivalvia · Crassatellidae

Allanella tullius

Rhynchonellata · Adolfiidae

Cypricardella bellistriata

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 89902 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at New Berlin 20H3?

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 New Berlin 20H3?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.