Petrified Sea Gardens - Stromatolites
Petrified Sea Gardens - Stromatolites
Located in Saratoga County
Image Courtesy of Dr. J Bret Bennington
Type: Park (Public).
Features: Walk across a 490 million year-old fossil (stromatolites) sea floor; Domed Cyanobacterial Cabbage-head Stromatolites: Hoyt Limestone of Late Cambrian Age.
Feature Type: Paleontological.
Reference: Walk across a 490 million year-old fossil (stromatolites) sea floor; Domed Cyanobacterial Cabbage-head Stromatolites:Hoyt LS of Late Cambrian Age.
Quadrangle: Saratoga Springs.
Reason for Designation: Unique.