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Ames Locality, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.5728,-79.7883 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Ames Locality, along Allegheny Valley Expressway, Allegheny County | Harper J. A. (1989) | Conemaugh - Glenshaw | Fossils within the Ames limestone section, which is a tripartite unit of calcareous shale and limestones | "shale" | 303.4 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Crurithyris planoconvexa species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris : Crurithyris planoconvexa | 303.4 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Harper J. A. (1989) Occurrence of a cephalopod aptychus in the Ames Limestone (Virgilian) of western Pennsylvania, Journal of Paleontology 63 1, 119-121 |
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!