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Boone County Ordovician Roadcuts

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: Brachiopods, bryozoans.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Ordovician Cincinnatian limestone and shale

Northern Kentucky shares the rich Cincinnatian fossil beds.

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