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Rochester Shale
Formation | Rochester Shale |
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Member(s) | Burleigh Hill Cycle VII Lewiston Upper |
Age: | 433 - 423 Ma Silurian |
Interval | Wenlock |
Lithology | limestone/"shale", mudstone/"shale", "shale" |
Number of Collections | 17 |
Number of Occurrences | 82 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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DeCew | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 6 |
Gasport | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 2 |
Goat Island | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 9 |
Irondequoit Limestone - Rockway | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 76 |
Irondequoit Limestone - Upper | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite, "limestone" | 23 |
Lockport | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 46 |
Rochester Shale - Burleigh Hill | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | mudstone/grainstone | 10 |
Rochester Shale - Cycle VII | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | limestone/"shale" | 123 |
Rochester Shale - Lewiston | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | mudstone, mudstone/grainstone, "shale" | 85 |
Rochester Shale - Upper | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | limestone | 6 |
Rockway | 433 - 431 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 6 |
Williamson Shale | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | shale, "shale"/siltstone | 31 |
Wolcott Limestone | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | shale/grainstone | 1 |
Clinton - Reynales - Hickory Corners | 441 - 439 Ma Silurian | limestone | 4 |
Clinton - Wolcott Limestone | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | shale/grainstone | 16 |
Genesee - Ludlowville - Wanakah Shale / Darien Center | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | shale/"limestone" | 42 |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!