Penn Dixie Paleontological And Outdoor Education Center - Penn Trilobite
Trilobite fossil from Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center
Located in Erie County
Image courtesy of Penn Dixie 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, 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.