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Sample 5 (Mottville Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 7(Camp Brockway), Onondag

Onondaga County, New York
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Sample 5 (Mottville Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 7(Camp Brockway), Onondag

Sample 5 (Mottville Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 7(Camp Brockway), Onondag 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, Nuculoidea, Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae.

Geologic setting

Formation
Skaneateles
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
3
Locality notes

roadcut on gravel road, 150 m north of Camp Brockway in Pratts Falls Park; coordinates based on location of Pratt Falls County Park.

Fossils found here

Ambocoelia umbonata
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Nuculoidea
Bivalvia · Nuculidae
Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae
Gastropoda · Palaeozygopleuridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9377 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Sample 5 (Mottville Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 7(Camp Brockway), Onondag

Can you collect at Sample 5 (Mottville Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 7(Camp Brockway), Onondag?

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 5 (Mottville Member, Skaneateles Fm.), Locality 7(Camp Brockway), Onondag?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.