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Bells Gap, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.6439,-78.3975 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Bells Gap | Read C. B. (1955) | Pocono | Read (55) felt this assemblage was Early Carboniferous. According to Read (55) this is stratigraphically below the Horseshoe Bend loc, which Scheckler felt was Strunian (no ref, but check Scheckler paper in Gastaldo 86 short course notes). Streel and Traverse (78) seem to imply that it is Strunian. Swartz (1965) seems less sure. | "shale" | 382.7 - 358.9 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Lagenospermum sp. genus | Plantae : Pteridospermophyta : Lagenospermum | 382.7 - 358.9 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Adiantites sp. genus | Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Calamopityales : Calamopityaceae : Adiantites | 382.7 - 358.9 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
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!