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Sample 42 (Butternut Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 8 (Pratts Falls quarry),

Onondaga County, New York
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Recorded here: fossil.

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About Sample 42 (Butternut Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 8 (Pratts Falls quarry),

Sample 42 (Butternut Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 8 (Pratts Falls quarry), is a fossil collection site in Onondaga, 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 offshore and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Ambocoelia umbonata, Devonochonetes, Leiorhynchus, Mucrospirifer mucronatus, Spinulicosta spinulicosta, Modiella.

Geologic setting

Formation
Skaneateles
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
8
Locality notes

small quarry on south side of Pratts Falls Road, 1.2 km east of intersection with Henneberry Road; coordinates based on the location of Pratt Falls County Park, consequently where the locality should be located, located adjacent, to the east, to the intersection of Pratt Falls Rd and Henneberry Rd.

Fossils found here

Ambocoelia umbonata
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Devonochonetes
Strophomenata · Chonetidae
Leiorhynchus
Rhynchonellata · Leiorhynchidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus
Rhynchonellata · Mucrospiriferidae
Spinulicosta spinulicosta
Strophomenata · Productellidae
Modiella
Bivalvia · Kalenteridae
Nuculoidea
Bivalvia · Nuculidae
Pterochaenia
Bivalvia · Lunulacardiidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9381 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Sample 42 (Butternut Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 8 (Pratts Falls quarry),

Can you collect at Sample 42 (Butternut Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 8 (Pratts Falls quarry),?

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 Sample 42 (Butternut Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 8 (Pratts Falls quarry),?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.