Michael examining the outcrop. |
Gail examines the Kalkberg Limestone. |
Maggie and Melissa looking for mineral vugs. |
Partially disarticulated crinoid stem. |
Trilobite cephalon - Phacops |
Fenestrate bryozoan colony - Fenestrella compressa |
Spiriferid brachiopod - Megakozlowskiella perlamellosa |
Strophomenid (straight-hinged) brachiopod - Rhytistophia beckii |
Rhytistrophia beckii |
Small favositid coral colony |
Brachial valve of Rhytistrophia beckii |
Brachiopod - Leptaena rhomboidalis |
Andrew points to black chert layer within the Kalkberg Limestone. |
Chert horizon |
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Lower Devonian Kalkberg Formation |
Bob and Michael examining fossils on the guardrail. |
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Lower Devonian Carlisle Center Formation (Siltstone)
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Group examining a fallen block from the Carlisle Center Formation. |
Bob poses with the Carlisle Center Formation. |
Rooster tails - Zoophycus caudigalli. |
Carlisle Center Formation |
Bret explaining that the Carlisle Center Formation is an argillaceous (muddy)
siltstone. |
Zoophycus - finger points to vertical tubes associated with the horizontal
feeding tunnels. |
Michelle and bedding surface of the Carlisle Center Formation showing distinctive
"rooster tail" trace fossil - Zoophycus caudigalli. |
Carlisle Center Fm with Zoophycus caudigalli. |
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Middle Devonian Onondaga Limestone (Coral Reef) |
Solitary rugose coral. |
Blocks of the Middle Devonian Onondaga Limestone. The Edcliffe Member (shown)
is rich is fossil corals. |
Group examining the Onondaga Limestone. |
Andrew and Winelle searching for coral fossils. |
Mike, Andrew, and Bob examining coral fossils. |
Branching tabulate coral - Coenites. |
Coral heads - finger-like branching coral - Eridophyllum. |
Favosites coral head. |
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