WV Localities

[opabinia]

If anyone has any material/links on West Virginian fossils and/or localities feel free to add to this page- I am going to continue to gather up resources on the state and post on here.

 

LINK:

 

<> https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:Abyssal/Paleontology_in_West_Virginia - Very brief explanations for localities in Eastern WV

 

<> http://donaldkenney.x10.mx/STATES/WV.HTM - Largest collection of localities for WV I've seen to date, however, some that are listed are just locations that have only been known to contain one fossil.

 

(^ Links I've found so far ^)

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Looking on the western end of West Virginia, but everything is useful. (Links will be credited.)

 

Thanks.

[Fruitbat]

Here are a couple more for you:

 

Kammer, T.W. and G.S. Springer (2008). Biostratigraphy of Crinoids from the Wymps Gap Member of the Greenbrier Formation (Mississippian, Chesterian) in Northern West Virginia. J.Paleont., 82(6).
Horvath, A.L. (1969). Relationships of Middle Silurian Strata in Ohio and West Virginia. The Ohio Journal of Science, Vol.69, Number 6.

Read, C.B. (1955). Floras of the Pocono Formation and Price Sandstone in Parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. U.S. Geological Society Professional Paper 263.

 

-Joe

[opabinia]

17 hours ago, Fruitbat said:

Here are a couple more for you

 

Thanks Joe, just after posting this I found your library which contained WV localities basically making this post irrelevant  (I'm new to this site), Thanks for the links anyway! I'll use them for my own study.

[Fruitbat]

Glad to be of assistance!

 

-Joe

[EMP]

On ‎5‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 8:52 AM, opabinia said:

If anyone has any material/links on West Virginian fossils and/or localities feel free to add to this page- I am going to continue to gather up resources on the state and post on here.

 

LINK:

 

<> https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:Abyssal/Paleontology_in_West_Virginia - Very brief explanations for localities in Eastern WV

 

<> http://donaldkenney.x10.mx/STATES/WV.HTM - Largest collection of localities for WV I've seen to date, however, some that are listed are just locations that have only been known to contain one fossil.

 

(^ Links I've found so far ^)

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(V Links posted by other members V)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking on the western end of West Virginia, but everything is useful. (Links will be credited.)

 

Thanks.

 

I'd highly suggest finding a copy of Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States by Jasper Burns. It's full of sites, pictures of fossils, and descriptions of the local formations.

 

Just be aware that Route-48 is actually the modern Interstate-68 (I found the hard way...) and some sites (like Swatara Gap) are also non-existent. From what I've gathered most are still around, though.

[opabinia]

2 hours ago, EMP said:

 

I'd highly suggest finding a copy of Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States by Jasper Burns.

 

I actually have that book! That's what kicked off the whole fossil hunting obsession for me.

[opabinia]

Very informative site for paleontology/botany in WV - 

 

@Fruitbat

 

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/TableOfCont.html

 

(don't know if you already have this site)

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[Fruitbat]

Looks like a nicely-done site.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

 

-Joe