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Highway 460, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.2697,-81.2222 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | West Virginia, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Mercer County, West Virginia, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Highway 460 | Sundberg F. A., Bennington J. B., et al (1990) | Mauch Chunk - Bluefield | Bluefield is the lowest formation in the Mauch Chunk Group and, in the Glen Lyn area, consist of 340 m of carbonate and siliciclastic deposits. | mudstone | 358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hylopus sp. genus | Hylopus | 358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Sundberg F. A., Bennington J. B., et al (1990) Upper Carboniferous (Namurian) amphibian trackways from the Bluefield Formation, West Virginia, USA, Ichnos 1 2, 111-124 |
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!