Penn Dixie Fossil Hunt

Penn Dixie Fossil Hunt

Penn Dixie - Searching for Fossils
Located in Erie County
Image courtesy of Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center

Type: Public.

Features: Important exposures & fossil areas; Representatvie fossils preserved in the Genundewa & North Evans Limestone, Windom Shale, Tichenor Limestone,& Wanakah Shale.

Feture Type: Paleontological.

Reference: NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, 71st Annual Meeting 1999; Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center: Visit to a Classic Geological and Outdoor Education Center.

For online reference please visit - www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html

Quadrangle: Buffalo SE.

Reason for Designation: Has a complete exposure of the Middle Devonian Windom Shale along with the underlying Tichenor Limestone, which has an unexplained pop-up structure on-site and the Wanakah Shale. Overlying the Windom Shale is the North Evans Limestone.