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Sample 68 (Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Fm.), Locality 4 (Sweet Road), Ononda

Onondaga County, New York
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Recorded here: fossil.

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About Sample 68 (Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Fm.), Locality 4 (Sweet Road), Ononda

Sample 68 (Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Fm.), Locality 4 (Sweet Road), Ononda is a fossil collection site in Onondaga, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Marcellus Formation, dated to the Givetian (387.95–382.31 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as transition zone/lower shoreface and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Hallinetes lineatus, Leiorhynchus, Agoniatites expansus, Striacoceras, Aulopora, Buchiola retrostriata.

Geologic setting

Formation
Marcellus
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
transition zone/lower shoreface
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
8
Locality notes

stream cut on east fork of small stream, 0.5 km east of Sweet Road and 0.4 km south of NY Rte 173; coordinates based on location relative to Fillmore Corner, NY (at the intersection of Sweet Rd and Rte 173).

Fossils found here

Hallinetes lineatus
Strophomenata · Chonetidae
Leiorhynchus
Rhynchonellata · Leiorhynchidae
Agoniatites expansus
Cephalopoda · Agoniatitidae
Striacoceras
Cephalopoda · Geisonoceratidae
Aulopora
Anthozoa · Auloporidae
Buchiola retrostriata
Bivalvia · Buchiolidae
Coleolus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Coleolidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9380 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Sample 68 (Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Fm.), Locality 4 (Sweet Road), Ononda

Can you collect at Sample 68 (Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Fm.), Locality 4 (Sweet Road), Ononda?

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 68 (Cherry Valley Member, Marcellus Fm.), Locality 4 (Sweet Road), Ononda?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.