Vintage Dolomite

The Vintage Dolomite is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

Vintage Dolomite
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
Upper part of the Vintage Dolomite overlain by Kinzers Shale exposed in cut on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Vintage. This is the type section.
TypeFormation
UnderliesKinzers Formation
Lithology
Primarydolomite
Location
Region Pennsylvania
Country United States
Type section
Named byStose and Jonas (1922)[1]

Type section

Named from exposures at a railroad cut at Vintage, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1]


  • Photo of the type section in 2019. The Kinzers Formation overlying the dolomite is about a meter thick in this photo.
    Photo of the type section in 2019. The Kinzers Formation overlying the dolomite is about a meter thick in this photo.
  • Vintage Dolomite in quarry at Kinzers. Shows well-bedded character of lower part of Vintage dolomite.
    Vintage Dolomite in quarry at Kinzers. Shows well-bedded character of lower part of Vintage dolomite.

See also

References
  1. Stose, G.W., and Jonas, A.I., 1922. The lower Paleozoic section in southeastern Pennsylvania, Washington Academy of Sciences, Journal v. 12, no. 5, p. 358-366
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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