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Collection: Kennebunk, York Co. - Presumpscot Fm (Pleistocene) York County, Maine, USA
| Age | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene) |
|---|---|
| Interval | Late Pleistocene |
| Lat/Long | 43.345,-70.5022 |
| Co-ordinates derived from | based on nearby landmark |
| Location | Kennebunk |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | York County, Maine, USA |
| Geographic Scale | outcrop |
| Geographic Comments | SPECIFIC LOCATION: Kennebunk, York County, Maine. LAT/LONG: estimated based on Kennebunk, Maine. |
| Formation | Presumpscot |
| Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
| Straigraphic Comments | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic unit reported in text. Bloom (1960) assigned the name "Presumpscot Fm" to the sheet of emerged marine sediments that blankets the coastal region of southwestern Maine. AGE: Wisconsin (Levitt and Perkins, 1935), Late Pleistocene (Bloom 1960), Pleistocene (Richards 1962). |
| Lithology Description | SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. Text talks of shell beds for Late Pleistocene deposits in Maine described by Packard (1865), Clapp (1907), and Levitt and Perkins (1935) LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962). |
| Lithology | "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" |
| Environment | marine indet. |
| Geology Comments | ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection. Richards (1962) reports that collections were generally deposited in shallow marine settings, during sea level transgressions. |
Recorded Fossils
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
