Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi
Tuscarawas County, Ohio40.48333, −81.44722
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi
Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi is a fossil collection site in Tuscarawas, 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 shallow subtidal indet. Documented finds include Ditomopyge scitula, Glaphurochiton carbonarius, Gamizyga girtyi, Gamizyga corpulentissima, Pseudobigalea crista, Unklesbayella geinitzi.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Putnam Hill
- Geologic interval
- Desmoinesian
- Age
- 312.8–306 Ma
- Depositional environment
- shallow subtidal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 49
Locality notes
abandoned strip mine of Zoar Mining Co. on E side of I-77 and Stone Creek in York Township;\r\nNW¼ Sec. 17, New Philadelphia 7½’ Quad
Fossils found here
Ditomopyge scitula
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Glaphurochiton carbonarius
Polyplacophora · Lepidopleuridae
Gamizyga girtyi
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Gamizyga corpulentissima
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudobigalea crista
Rostroconchia · Pseudobigaleaidae
Unklesbayella geinitzi
Bivalvia · Megadesmidae
Helminthozyga undulata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hemizyga elegans
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hemizyga illineata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hemizyga
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Microptychis expetendus
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Microptychis occabus
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Microptychis turbineus
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Levizygopleura williamsi
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Anozyga bulla
Gastropoda · Anozygidae
Cyclozyga attenuata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hyphantozyga gracilis
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hyphantozyga knighti
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hyphantozyga perattenuata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hyphantozyga pulchra
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga conica
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga delicata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga excellens
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga intermedia
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga lineata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura acuminata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura angustata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura assertonsoris
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura deloi
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura plummeri
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura eximia
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura girtyi
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Levizygopleura inornata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) pinquicula
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura pluricostata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura pulchra
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura scitula
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura semicostata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura sinuosior
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura variegata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura contractus
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura funis
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura palus
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Palaeostylus (Palaeostylus) marvinwelleri
Gastropoda · Orthonemidae
Spiromphalus pervius
Gastropoda · Orthonemidae
Sturgeonospira tortula
Gastropoda · Palaeozygopleuridae
Royalella quadrolirata
Gastropoda · Donaldinidae
Showing 48 of 49 identified taxa.
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 72004 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi
Can you collect at Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi?
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 Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi?
Fossil.
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