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Millersburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.5561,-76.4967 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Millersburg, Pennsylvania | Read C. B. (1955) | Pocono | "Dark coaly shale in upper part of Pocono Formation near Millerburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania" Read (1955)p. 15 "In all of the exposures of the Pocono along the Suquehanna River from the vicinity of Millersburg, Pennsylvania, south to a point below Dauphin, Pennsylvania abundant remains" Read (1955), p. 10. | "shale" | 346.7 - 330.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
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References
Read C. B. (1955) Floras of the Pocono and Price Sandstone in parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 263, 1-32 |
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!