| Peary[?] |
– |
WV |
nearby in road cut |
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fossils-coal |
WV0001 |
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http://www.wam.umd.edu/~pdodd/elt.htm |
| Baxter |
Berkeley |
WV |
2 km N Near Tihance Creek on country road at NW end of Ferrell Ridge in Limestone |
Devonian |
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Schellwienella,Rhipidomella,Leptostrophia,Rensselaeria,Whitfieldia,Meristella,Spirifer,Actinopteria,Phacops,Dalmanites |
WV0002 |
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| Sulphur Spring School |
Berkeley |
WV |
2 km E along small branch near W side of Wilson Ridge |
Devonian |
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Edriocrinus,Favosites,Orbiculoidea,Leptaena,Dalmanella,Rhipidomella |
WV0003 |
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| Tomahawk |
Berkeley |
WV |
400 meters W on E flank of Ferrell Ridge in road along road and creek |
Devonian |
Port Jervis |
Meristella,Eatonia,Dalmanites,Homalonotus,Rensselaeria,Chonetes,Actinopteria,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Platyceras,Cyphotrypa |
WV0004 |
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Doddridge |
WV |
On Route 50, Englands Run Road |
Permian |
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Fish tooth-Oracanthus |
WV0005 |
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| Falls |
Grant |
WV |
400 meters NW at E end of Greenland Gap along N fork of Patterson Creek |
Devonian |
Ridgeley sandstone |
Spirifer |
WV0006 |
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| Williamsport |
Grant |
WV |
200 meters E along road following small creek in limestones |
Devonian |
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Corals,Stromatopora |
WV0007 |
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| – |
Greenbrier |
WV |
In area quarries and fields |
Mississippian |
Hillsdale Limestone |
Large silicified heads of the coral-Lithostrotionella |
WV0008 |
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| Alvon |
Greenbrier |
WV |
Alvon on SE side of Anthony Creek near Knapp Creek Bridge |
Devonian |
Port Jervis |
Favosites,Pleurodictyum,Schellwienella,Spirifer,Meristella,Dalmanites,Homalonotus |
WV0009 |
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| Bods Ridge |
Greenbrier |
WV |
SW end along Howard Creek |
Devonian |
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Spirifer,Hipparionyx,Rhipidomella,Schellwienella,Dalmanites |
WV0010 |
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| Caldwell |
Greenbrier |
WV |
1km NW on I64 |
Mississippian |
Price |
diverse ichnofossils |
WV0011 |
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| White Sulfur Springs |
Greenbrier |
WV |
Bob’s Ridge |
Devonian |
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trilobite-Trimerus |
WV0012 |
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| Capon Bridge |
Hampshire |
WV |
In Roadside Quarry Exposure of |
Devonian Middle |
Mahantango |
Fossils include Phacops trilobites,Michelinoceras nautiloids,brachiopods. |
WV0013 |
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| Capon Lake |
Hampshire |
WV |
In road cut |
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Trilobites,crinoids |
WV0014 |
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| Hanging Rock |
Hampshire |
WV |
along US50 |
Devonian |
Keyser |
Stromatopora,crinoid fragments,bryozoa |
WV0015 |
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| Purgitsville |
Hampshire |
WV |
5 km E along road along Camp Run,N of Taylor Knob on W flank of Mill Creek Mountain Anticline |
Devonian |
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Spirifer,Leptostrophia,Chonostrophia,Coelospira,Eatonia,ostracods |
WV0016 |
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| Romney |
Hampshire |
WV |
6.5 km N along Potomac River in RR cuts in water gap through Mill Creek Mountain |
Devonian |
Ridgeley Sandstone|Keyser, Upper Limestone |
Spirifer,Cyphotrypa |
WV0017 |
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| Yellow Spring |
Hampshire |
WV |
3 km from WV14/US220 junction in roadcut on Cacapon River |
Devonian |
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brachiopods,Cephalopods-Agoniatites,Trilobites-Coronura,Odontocephalus,Phacops; |
WV0018 |
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| Baker |
Hardy |
WV |
N on WV259 in steep road cuts. Parking is a problem |
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? |
WV0019 |
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| Baker |
Hardy |
WV |
on WV259 in road cuts |
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coral and brachiopod molds |
WV0020 |
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| Brake |
Hardy |
WV |
1400 meters W along road along Dumpling Run |
Devonian |
Port Jervis Limestone |
abundant Rensselaeria,Dalmanites,Homalonotus |
WV0021 |
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| Johnstown |
Hardy |
WV |
W along Moyer Gap-Sugar Grove Road |
Devonian |
Port Jervis Limestone |
abundant Rensselaeria,Dalmanites,Homalonotus |
WV0022 |
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| Lost River |
Hardy |
WV |
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Trilobites |
WV0023 |
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| Lost River |
Hardy |
WV |
in roadcut on WV55 7.3 km W of Wardensville |
Devonian |
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trilobites-Odontocephalus,Odontopleura,Phacops,brachiopods,crinoids,mollusks,coral |
WV0024 |
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| Lost River Village |
Hardy |
WV |
1 km E along Mill Gap Run |
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Ridgeley Sandstone|Port Ewen chert |
Spirifer,Meristella,Leptocoelia,Coelospira,Tentaculites,Leptostrophia,Eospirifer |
WV0025 |
‘Leptostrophia’ was ‘Septostrophia’ in original |
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| Wardensville |
Hardy |
WV |
6.5 km SW along Trout Run |
Devonian |
Keyser Limestone |
Stenochisma,Uncinulus,Spirifer |
WV0026 |
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| Wardensville |
Hardy |
WV |
9.6km S on WV55 |
Devonian |
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Trilobites-Phacops,cephalopods,crinoids,corals,bryozoa |
WV0027 |
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| Wardensville |
Hardy |
WV |
E |
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Fossils-Brachiopods |
WV0028 |
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| Clarksburg |
Harrison |
WV |
N in siltstones in low road cut on entrance road to FBI Center |
Pennsylvanian |
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fish teeth,bones,coprolites,fish scales. |
WV0029 |
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| Logan |
Logan |
WV |
6.4km N on WV119 in debris from WalMart/Lowes plaza excavation |
Pennsylvanian |
Kanawha |
Plants-Annularia |
WV0030 |
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| Hebron Church |
Marion |
WV |
in road cut opposite |
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brachiopods |
WV0031 |
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| Princeton |
Mercer |
WV |
At Highwall Park |
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fossils |
WV0032 |
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| Princeton |
Mercer |
WV |
At construction site near the community hospital |
Pennsylvanian |
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Plants-Calamites,Lepidodendron,ferns,etc |
WV0033 |
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| Princeton |
Mercer |
WV |
Fossils are in a RR cut in Oakvale. Most apparently are in very hard rock and are difficult to extract |
Mississippian? |
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blastoids |
WV0034 |
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| Princeton |
Mercer |
WV |
In I460 road cuts |
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a few fossils-blastoids;brachiopods;corals |
WV0035 |
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| Keyser |
Mineral |
WV |
3 km SE along WC46 on E slope of Knobbly Mountain |
Devonian |
Keyser |
coral-Stromatopora,Favosites,Cyathophyllum. |
WV0036 |
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| Keyser |
Mineral |
WV |
6.5 km SW in quarries and road cuts |
Devonian |
Keyser |
coral-Stromatopora,Favosites,Cyathophyllum. |
WV0037 |
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| New Creek |
Mineral |
WV |
at intersection of US220-US50 |
Devonian |
Ridgeley|Port Jervis Limestone |
Spirifer,Leptostrophia,Rensselaeria,Cyathophyllum |
WV0038 |
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| Gladesville |
Monongalia |
WV |
in old strip mine in |
Pennsylvanian |
Freeport Coal, Lower |
plants and rare myriopods -Acantherpestes |
WV0039 |
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| Greer |
Monongalia |
WV |
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Mississippian |
Mauch Chunk |
vertebrates-Greererpeton |
WV0040 |
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| Greer Quarry |
Monongalia |
WV |
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Mississippian |
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amphibian-Greererpeton |
WV0041 |
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| Morgantown |
Monongalia |
WV |
5 km N on E side of I-79 near – at interface between limestones and sandstones |
Pennsylvanian |
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Fish teeth,bone fragments,scales,coprolites. |
WV0042 |
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| Morgantown |
Monongalia |
WV |
along I68 and at some exits |
Pennsylvanian |
Ames Limestone |
fossils |
WV0043 |
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| Haynes Cave |
Monroe |
WV |
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Pleistocene |
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Megalonyx claws |
WV0044 |
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| Patton Cave |
Monroe |
WV |
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Pleistocene |
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Platygonus |
WV0045 |
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| Berkeley Springs |
Morgan |
WV |
1 km W at crest of Warm Spring Mountain along WV9 |
Devonian |
Helderberg |
Enterolasma,Edriocrinus,Eatonia,Spirifer,Meristella,etc. |
WV0046 |
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| Berkeley Springs |
Morgan |
WV |
at Pennsylvania Glass Sand Quarry in Sandstone and Shale |
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corals,crinoids,plant fragments |
WV0047 |
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| Berkeley Springs |
Morgan |
WV |
at Pennsylvania Glass Sand Quarry in Sandstone and Shale |
|
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corals,crinoids,plant fragments |
WV0048 |
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| Cacapon river |
Morgan |
WV |
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Trilobites |
WV0049 |
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| Zilor[?] Ford |
Morgan |
WV |
on Cacapon River below the Cacapon clubhouse 10.5 km S of Great Cacapon |
Devonian |
Keyser |
Stromatopora reef |
WV0050 |
Can’t identify Zilor Ford. This might be in the vicinity of 39.5287N,78.3473W |
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| Summersville |
Nicholas |
WV |
N on WV19 to Spruce Run Rd. W about 11km to Buffalo Creek and Ramp Run Surface Mine #1 |
Pennsylvanian |
Kanawha |
Plants-Annularia,Asterophyllites |
WV0051 |
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| Elm Grove |
Ohio |
WV |
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Permian |
Dunkard Group |
along I70 –vertebrates Diploceraspis,Edops,Lysorophus |
WV0052 |
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| Elm Grove |
Ohio |
WV |
In the Waynesburg Coal bed in the |
Permian |
Washington |
Plants |
WV0053 |
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| Hamilton Cave |
Pendleton |
WV |
Late Irvingtonian Cheetah Room fauna,mammal bones |
Pliocene |
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Mammal Bones |
WV0054 |
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| Judy Gap |
Pendleton |
WV |
in road cuts 3-5km E on US33 |
Ordovician |
Reedsville |
Brachiopods-Orthorhynchula,Lingula;Bivalves-Ambonychia,Ischyrodonta,Modiolopsis,Tancredopsis;Trilobites-Isotelus;Gastropods-Plectonotus |
WV0055 |
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| Moatstown |
Pendleton |
WV |
2 km SSE along country road |
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coral Stromatopora,Chonetes,Cyphotrypa |
WV0056 |
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| Oak Flat |
Pendleton |
WV |
2.5 km W along US33 in Hivelt[?] Gap |
Devonian |
Port Jervis Limestone |
Schellwienella,Rensselaeria,Spirifer,Tentaculites,Dalmanites,Edriocrinus,Coelospira,Eatonia,Rhipidomella,etc |
WV0057 |
There is an unnamed (on USGS maps) gap in Dickerson Mountain roughly in the right place |
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| Petersburg |
Pendleton |
WV |
27 km S at US220 bridge over Potomac River |
Devonian |
Corriganville|Oriskany |
brachiopods,Corals,crinoids,Gastropods,Trilobites-Trimerus,Phacops,Dalmanites |
WV0058 |
Petersburg is in Grant County |
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| Ruddle |
Pendleton |
WV |
1.2 km W in Limestone |
Devonian |
Port Jervis |
typical faunas |
WV0059 |
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| Upper Tract |
Pendleton |
WV |
2.5 km NW along road from US220 to Smoke Hole Settlement |
Devonian |
Port Jervis|Ridgeley |
Tentaculites,Homalonotus,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Chonetes,Rensselaeria,Spirifer,Dalmanites,Stropheodonta |
WV0060 |
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| – |
Pocahontas |
WV |
In area quarries and fields |
Mississippian |
Hillsdale Limestone |
Large silicified heads of the coral-Lithostrotionella |
WV0061 |
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| Burr |
Pocahontas |
WV |
along country road in small anticline |
Devonian |
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Eodevonaria,Leptocoelia,Schellwienella,Reticularia,Styliolina,Ostracods |
WV0062 |
No citations for a Devonian Huntsville formation |
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| Dunmore |
Pocahontas |
WV |
1 km E on N bank of Sitlington Creek |
Devonian |
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Stromatopora,Favosites,Cladopora |
WV0063 |
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| Frost |
Pocahontas |
WV |
1200 meters WNW along Sugarcamp Creek near and above a large spring |
Devonian |
Tonoloway Limestone |
Leperditia |
WV0064 |
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| Green Bank |
Pocahontas |
WV |
1 km S at bend of country road in chert and dark shale |
Devonian Middle |
Huntersville |
Orbiculoidea,Leptocoelia,Conularia,etc |
WV0065 |
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| Beckley |
Raleigh |
WV |
W in reclaimed strip mine |
Pennsylvanian |
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Sandstone casts of logs |
WV0083 |
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| – |
Randolph |
WV |
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Devonian |
Foreknobs |
Jellyfish;Cephalopods;ichnofossils |
WV0067 |
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| Bowden Cave |
Randolph |
WV |
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Pleistocene |
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Mastodon Tooth |
WV0068 |
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| Elkins |
Randolph |
WV |
8 km W on WV33 on N in coal seam |
|
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ferns and wood. |
WV0069 |
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| Elkins |
Randolph |
WV |
8km W on WV33 |
|
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Coal with fern impressions and some wood |
WV0070 |
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| Elkins |
Randolph |
WV |
In road cut West of Elkins |
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Fossil seeds |
WV0071 |
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| Elkins |
Randolph |
WV |
In roadcuts from 2005 time period road construction |
Devonian |
Foreknobs |
ichnofossils;fish bones,teeth;brachiopods,bivalves;wood |
WV0072 |
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| Berea |
Ritchie |
WV |
At Hughes River Bridge |
Permian |
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Reptile tracks-Dimetrodon |
WV0073 |
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| Reedy Creek |
Roane |
WV |
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Permian |
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Reptile-Diadectes |
WV0074 |
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| Sandstone |
Summers |
WV |
Road cuts ‘above’ town’ |
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Avis |
A few brachiopods and corals |
WV0084 |
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| Atenville |
Wayne |
WV |
W on WV68 4.8km,left on Francis Creek Rd. Near Junction of Francis Creek and Kiah Creek,right on dirt road for 1.6km to Rollem Fork Surface Mine #2 |
Pennsylvanian |
Allegheny |
Plants-Annularia |
WV0076 |
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| Parkersburg? |
Wood |
WV |
At Albany Limestone Quarry |
Pennsylvanian |
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Fissodus |
WV0077 |
There does not seem to be an Albany,WV,Albany,Athens County,OH perhaps. Neither is there a plausible Pennsylvanian Albany formation |
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| Huff Creek |
Wyoming |
WV |
1 km N near the mouth of Laurel Branch in gray silty shale |
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Aviculopecten |
WV0078 |
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| Itmann Mine |
Wyoming |
WV |
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Pennsylvanian |
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Lycopods-Stigmaria |
WV0079 |
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| Occana |
Wyoming |
WV |
in hillside to SW and along Cedar Creek |
Pennsylvanian |
Cannelton Limestone |
above Matewan Coal — Aviculopecten |
WV0080 |
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| – |
[?] |
WV |
In Middle Paleozoic road cuts along I79 and US42 in WV. |
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fossils |
WV0082 |
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| New River Gorge |
[?] |
WV |
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Pennsylvanian Lower |
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abundant plants-Neuropteris |
WV0081 |
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