Philipsburg
New York41.43778, −74.35972
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Philipsburg
Philipsburg is a fossil collection site in New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Rochdale Formation, dated to the Stairsian (483.4–481.7 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Suecoceras marcoui, Tarphyceras, Aphetoceras farnsworthi, Aphetoceras attenuatum, Anrangeroceras repens, Protocycloceras catulus.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Rochdale
- Geologic interval
- Stairsian
- Age
- 483.4–481.7 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 16
Fossils found here
Suecoceras marcoui
Cephalopoda · Endoceratidae
Tarphyceras
Cephalopoda · Tarphyceratidae
Aphetoceras farnsworthi
Cephalopoda · Estonioceratidae
Aphetoceras attenuatum
Cephalopoda · Estonioceratidae
Anrangeroceras repens
Cephalopoda · Rangeroceratidae
Protocycloceras catulus
Cephalopoda · Protocycloceratidae
Bassleroceras perseus
Cephalopoda · Ellesmeroceratidae
Kirkoceras missisquoi
Cephalopoda · Proterocameroceratidae
Ectocycloceras cato
Cephalopoda · Rudolfoceratidae
Ectocycloceras cataline
Cephalopoda · Rudolfoceratidae
Orthoceras
Cephalopoda · Orthoceratidae
Protocycloceras xerxes
Cephalopoda · Protocycloceratidae
Endoceras tityrus
Cephalopoda · Endoceratidae
Centrotarphyceras imperator
Cephalopoda · Tarphyceratidae
Pionoceras pomponium
Cephalopoda · Tarphyceratidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 42799 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Philipsburg
Can you collect at Philipsburg?
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 Philipsburg?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.