Vintage_Dolomite
Vintage Dolomite
Geologic formation in Pennsylvania, United States
The Vintage Dolomite is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.
Quick Facts Type, Underlies ...
| Vintage Dolomite | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
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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.
Salterella conulata species have been found in the upper Vintage Dolomite.[2]
- 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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