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USNM loc. 22L, Kinzers Fm, PA - Garci-Bellido Capdevila and Conway Morris 1999

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

6 miGrubb Lake and Mud LakeGeode, limonite12 miCornwallActinolite, andradite, calcite +1016 miLancasterDogtooth Calcite, fluorite, hematite +2

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About USNM loc. 22L, Kinzers Fm, PA - Garci-Bellido Capdevila and Conway Morris 1999

USNM loc. 22L, Kinzers Fm, PA - Garci-Bellido Capdevila and Conway Morris 1999 is a fossil collection site in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Kinzers Formation, dated to the Dyeran (515.3–509.7 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Kinzeria crinita, Atalotaenia adela, Oesia, Serracaris, Trilobita, Mollusca.

Geologic setting

Formation
Kinzers
Geologic interval
Dyeran
Age
515.3–509.7 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
9
Locality notes

half a mile south of East Petersburg, Pennsylvania. Note: The site is fast disappearing under the sod of a housing development.

Fossils found here

Kinzeria crinita
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Kinzeriidae
Atalotaenia adela
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Oesia
Enteropneusta · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Serracaris
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Trilobita
Trilobita
Mollusca
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda
Hyolitha
Hyolitha
Pelagiella exigua
Helcionelloida · Pelagiellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9314 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USNM loc. 22L, Kinzers Fm, PA - Garci-Bellido Capdevila and Conway Morris 1999

Can you collect at USNM loc. 22L, Kinzers Fm, PA - Garci-Bellido Capdevila and Conway Morris 1999?

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 USNM loc. 22L, Kinzers Fm, PA - Garci-Bellido Capdevila and Conway Morris 1999?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 12 kg iron meteorite was found at Shrewsbury in 1907, 28 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.