Vintage Dolomite
Vintage Dolomite Stratigraphic range: Cambrian | |
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![]() 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 | |
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Type section | |
Named by | Stose and Jonas (1922)[1] |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bulletin_799_Plate_3B_Vintage_Dolomite_in_quarry_at_Kinzers.jpg/240px-Bulletin_799_Plate_3B_Vintage_Dolomite_in_quarry_at_Kinzers.jpg)
Vintage Dolomite in quarry at Kinzers. Shows well-bedded character of lower part of Vintage dolomite.
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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Vintage_Dolomite_20190523.jpg/400px-Vintage_Dolomite_20190523.jpg)
Photo of the type section in 2019
See also[]
References[]
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Categories:
- Cambrian geology of Pennsylvania
- Cambrian southern paleotemperate deposits
- Geologic formations of Pennsylvania
- Northeastern United States geologic formation stubs
- Pennsylvania geography stubs