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Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp.

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40.44444, -81.70000View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp. is a fossil collection site in Holmes, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Putnam Hill Formation, dated to the Desmoinesian (312.8–306 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Glaphurochiton carbonarius.

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Geologic setting

Formation
Putnam Hill
Geologic interval
Desmoinesian
Age
312.8–306 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
1
Locality notes

NE¼ NE¼ sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 4 W., Baltic Quadrangle

Fossils found here

Glaphurochiton carbonarius
Polyplacophora · Lepidopleuridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 79327 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 40.44444, -81.70000

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