West Fulton 28C8 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 Mucrospirifer mucronatus, Tropidoleptus carinatus, Sphenotus, Allanella tullius, Eoschizodus, Cypricardella bellistriata.

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

Mucrospirifer mucronatus

Rhynchonellata · Mucrospiriferidae

Tropidoleptus carinatus

Rhynchonellata · Tropidoleptidae

Sphenotus

Bivalvia · Grammysiidae

Allanella tullius

Rhynchonellata · Adolfiidae

Eoschizodus

Bivalvia · Eoschizodidae

Cypricardella bellistriata

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Cypricardella

Bivalvia · Crassatellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 111467 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about West Fulton 28C8

Can you collect at West Fulton 28C8?

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 West Fulton 28C8?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 640 g iron meteorite was found at Lasher Creek in 1948, 18 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.