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Graf Ordovician roadcut

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: orthocone cephalopods, brachiopods, graptolites.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Maquoketa Formation cut near Graf packed with cephalopods and brachiopods

A famous Iowa fossil roadcut cited in survey and hobby literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

traffic, rockfall

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