Vintage Dolomite
Geologic formation in Pennsylvania, United States
Vintage Dolomite | |
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Stratigraphic range: Cambrian | |
Upper part of the Vintage Dolomite overlain by Kinzers Shale exposed in cut on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Vintage. This is the type section. | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Kinzers Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | dolomite |
Location | |
Region | Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named by | Stose and Jonas (1922)[1] |
The Vintage Dolomite is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.
Type section
Named from exposures at a railroad cut at Vintage, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1]
- Photo of the type section in 2019. The Kinzers Formation overlying the dolomite is about a meter thick in this photo.
- Vintage Dolomite in quarry at Kinzers. Shows well-bedded character of lower part of Vintage dolomite.
Fossils
Salterella conulata species have been found in the upper Vintage Dolomite.[2]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Pennsylvania
- Paleontology in Pennsylvania
References
- ^ a b Stose, G.W., and Jonas, A.I., 1922. The lower Paleozoic section in southeastern Pennsylvania, Washington Academy of Sciences, Journal v. 12, no. 5, p. 358-366 [1]
- ^ Ellis L. Yochelson, 1970. The Early Cambrian Fossil Salterella conulata Clark in Eastern North America. Contributions to Paleontology, Geological Survey Professional Paper 683-B.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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