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New York
Eighteen Mile Creek, Lake Erie shore
Fossil site Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Crystals and minerals
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: brachiopods, corals.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Devonian Hamilton Group shales in creek and lakeshore cliffs, collected since the 1800s
Classic western New York fossil locality in geological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
crumbling shale cliffs
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