Vintage Dolomite
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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 | ![]() |
Country | ![]() |
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.
See also
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.