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Midwest, Ohio
Sharonville OH
Trammel Fossil Park hillside
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: brachiopods, bryozoans, horn corals.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: labeled Upper Ordovician Cincinnatian limestone and shale slope, a free keep-what-you-find city park in the famous Cincinnati Arch
Dry Dredgers (Cincinnati's fossil club) field guide documents the exposures and routine finds; city confirms collecting is permitted
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Loose slope rubbleSlick shale after rain
Keep exploring nearby
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