US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for WEST VIRGINIA

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
Peary[?]	-	WV	nearby in road cut			fossils-coal	WV0001		http://www.wam.umd.edu/~pdodd/elt.htm		\|	,
Baxter	Berkeley	WV	2 km N Near Tihance Creek on country road at NW end of Ferrell Ridge in Limestone	Devonian		Schellwienella,Rhipidomella,Leptostrophia,Rensselaeria,Whitfieldia,Meristella,Spirifer,Actinopteria,Phacops,Dalmanites	WV0002				\|	,
Sulphur Spring School	Berkeley	WV	2 km E along small branch near W side of Wilson Ridge	Devonian		Edriocrinus,Favosites,Orbiculoidea,Leptaena,Dalmanella,Rhipidomella	WV0003				\|	,
Tomahawk	Berkeley	WV	400 meters W on E flank of Ferrell Ridge in road along road and creek	Devonian	Port Jervis	Meristella,Eatonia,Dalmanites,Homalonotus,Rensselaeria,Chonetes,Actinopteria,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Platyceras,Cyphotrypa	WV0004				\|	,
-	Doddridge	WV	On Route 50, Englands Run Road	Permian		Fish tooth-Oracanthus	WV0005				\|	,
Falls	Grant	WV	400 meters NW at E end of Greenland Gap along N fork of Patterson Creek	Devonian	Ridgeley sandstone	Spirifer	WV0006				\|	,
Williamsport	Grant	WV	200 meters E along road following small creek in limestones	Devonian		Corals,Stromatopora	WV0007				\|	,
-	Greenbrier	WV	In area quarries and fields	Mississippian	Hillsdale Limestone	Large silicified heads of the coral-Lithostrotionella	WV0008				\|	,
Alvon	Greenbrier	WV	Alvon on SE side of Anthony Creek near Knapp Creek Bridge	Devonian	Port Jervis	Favosites,Pleurodictyum,Schellwienella,Spirifer,Meristella,Dalmanites,Homalonotus	WV0009				\|	,
Bods Ridge	Greenbrier	WV	SW end along Howard Creek	Devonian		Spirifer,Hipparionyx,Rhipidomella,Schellwienella,Dalmanites	WV0010				\|	,
Caldwell	Greenbrier	WV	1km NW on I64	Mississippian	Price	diverse ichnofossils	WV0011				\|	,
White Sulfur Springs	Greenbrier	WV	Bob's Ridge	Devonian		trilobite-Trimerus	WV0012				\|	,
Capon Bridge	Hampshire	WV	In Roadside Quarry Exposure of	Devonian Middle	Mahantango	Fossils include Phacops trilobites,Michelinoceras nautiloids,brachiopods.	WV0013				\|	,
Capon Lake	Hampshire	WV	In road cut			Trilobites,crinoids	WV0014				\|	,
Hanging Rock	Hampshire	WV	along US50	Devonian	Keyser	Stromatopora,crinoid fragments,bryozoa	WV0015				\|	,
Purgitsville	Hampshire	WV	5 km E along road along Camp Run,N of Taylor Knob on W flank of Mill Creek Mountain Anticline	Devonian		Spirifer,Leptostrophia,Chonostrophia,Coelospira,Eatonia,ostracods	WV0016				\|	,
Romney	Hampshire	WV	6.5 km N along Potomac River in RR cuts in water gap through Mill Creek Mountain	Devonian	Ridgeley Sandstone\|Keyser, Upper Limestone	Spirifer,Cyphotrypa	WV0017				\|	,
Yellow Spring	Hampshire	WV	3 km from WV14/US220 junction in roadcut on Cacapon River	Devonian		brachiopods,Cephalopods-Agoniatites,Trilobites-Coronura,Odontocephalus,Phacops;	WV0018				\|	,
Baker	Hardy	WV	N on WV259 in steep road cuts. Parking is a problem			?	WV0019				\|	,
Baker	Hardy	WV	on WV259 in road cuts			coral and brachiopod molds	WV0020				\|	,
Brake	Hardy	WV	1400 meters W along road along Dumpling Run	Devonian	Port Jervis Limestone	abundant Rensselaeria,Dalmanites,Homalonotus	WV0021				\|	,
Johnstown	Hardy	WV	W along Moyer Gap-Sugar Grove Road	Devonian	Port Jervis Limestone	abundant Rensselaeria,Dalmanites,Homalonotus	WV0022				\|	,
Lost River	Hardy	WV				Trilobites	WV0023				\|	,
Lost River	Hardy	WV	in roadcut on WV55 7.3 km W of Wardensville	Devonian		trilobites-Odontocephalus,Odontopleura,Phacops,brachiopods,crinoids,mollusks,coral	WV0024				\|	,
Lost River Village	Hardy	WV	1 km E along Mill Gap Run		Ridgeley Sandstone\|Port Ewen chert	Spirifer,Meristella,Leptocoelia,Coelospira,Tentaculites,Leptostrophia,Eospirifer	WV0025	'Leptostrophia' was 'Septostrophia' in original			\|	,
Wardensville	Hardy	WV	6.5 km SW along Trout Run	Devonian	Keyser Limestone	Stenochisma,Uncinulus,Spirifer	WV0026				\|	,
Wardensville	Hardy	WV	9.6km S on WV55	Devonian		Trilobites-Phacops,cephalopods,crinoids,corals,bryozoa	WV0027				\|	,
Wardensville	Hardy	WV	E			Fossils-Brachiopods	WV0028				\|	,
Clarksburg	Harrison	WV	N in siltstones in low road cut on entrance road to FBI Center	Pennsylvanian		fish teeth,bones,coprolites,fish scales.	WV0029				\|	,
Logan	Logan	WV	6.4km N on WV119 in debris from WalMart/Lowes plaza excavation	Pennsylvanian	Kanawha	Plants-Annularia	WV0030				\|	,
Hebron Church	Marion	WV	in road cut opposite			brachiopods	WV0031				\|	,
Princeton	Mercer	WV	At Highwall Park			fossils	WV0032				\|	,
Princeton	Mercer	WV	At construction site near the community hospital	Pennsylvanian		Plants-Calamites,Lepidodendron,ferns,etc	WV0033				\|	,
Princeton	Mercer	WV	Fossils are in a RR cut in Oakvale. Most apparently are in very hard rock and are difficult to extract	Mississippian?		blastoids	WV0034				\|	,
Princeton	Mercer	WV	In I460 road cuts			a few fossils-blastoids;brachiopods;corals	WV0035				\|	,
Keyser	Mineral	WV	3 km SE along WC46 on E slope of Knobbly Mountain	Devonian	Keyser	coral-Stromatopora,Favosites,Cyathophyllum.	WV0036				\|	,
Keyser	Mineral	WV	6.5 km SW in quarries and road cuts	Devonian	Keyser	coral-Stromatopora,Favosites,Cyathophyllum.	WV0037				\|	,
New Creek	Mineral	WV	at intersection of US220-US50	Devonian	Ridgeley\|Port Jervis Limestone	Spirifer,Leptostrophia,Rensselaeria,Cyathophyllum	WV0038				\|	,
Gladesville	Monongalia	WV	in old strip mine in	Pennsylvanian	Freeport Coal, Lower	plants and rare myriopods -Acantherpestes	WV0039				\|	,
Greer	Monongalia	WV		Mississippian	Mauch Chunk	vertebrates-Greererpeton	WV0040				\|	,
Greer Quarry	Monongalia	WV		Mississippian		amphibian-Greererpeton	WV0041				\|	,
Morgantown	Monongalia	WV	5 km N on E side of I-79 near - at interface between limestones and sandstones	Pennsylvanian		Fish teeth,bone fragments,scales,coprolites.	WV0042				\|	,
Morgantown	Monongalia	WV	along I68 and at some exits	Pennsylvanian	Ames Limestone	fossils	WV0043				\|	,
Haynes Cave	Monroe	WV		Pleistocene		Megalonyx claws	WV0044				\|	,
Patton Cave	Monroe	WV		Pleistocene		Platygonus	WV0045				\|	,
Berkeley Springs	Morgan	WV	1 km W at crest of Warm Spring Mountain along WV9	Devonian	Helderberg	Enterolasma,Edriocrinus,Eatonia,Spirifer,Meristella,etc.	WV0046				\|	,
Berkeley Springs	Morgan	WV	at Pennsylvania Glass Sand Quarry in Sandstone and Shale			corals,crinoids,plant fragments	WV0047				\|	,
Berkeley Springs	Morgan	WV	at Pennsylvania Glass Sand Quarry in Sandstone and Shale			corals,crinoids,plant fragments	WV0048				\|	,
Cacapon river	Morgan	WV				Trilobites	WV0049				\|	,
Zilor[?] Ford	Morgan	WV	on Cacapon River below the Cacapon clubhouse 10.5 km S of Great Cacapon	Devonian	Keyser	Stromatopora reef	WV0050	Can't identify Zilor Ford. This might be in the vicinity of 39.5287N,78.3473W		39.5287N,78.3473W conjecture	\|	,
Summersville	Nicholas	WV	N on WV19 to Spruce Run Rd. W about 11km to Buffalo Creek and Ramp Run Surface Mine #1	Pennsylvanian	Kanawha	Plants-Annularia,Asterophyllites	WV0051				\|	,
Elm Grove	Ohio	WV		Permian	Dunkard Group	along I70 --vertebrates Diploceraspis,Edops,Lysorophus	WV0052				\|	,
Elm Grove	Ohio	WV	In the Waynesburg Coal bed in the	Permian	Washington	Plants	WV0053				\|	,
Hamilton Cave	Pendleton	WV	Late Irvingtonian Cheetah Room fauna,mammal bones	Pliocene		Mammal Bones	WV0054				\|	,
Judy Gap	Pendleton	WV	in road cuts 3-5km E on US33	Ordovician	Reedsville	Brachiopods-Orthorhynchula,Lingula;Bivalves-Ambonychia,Ischyrodonta,Modiolopsis,Tancredopsis;Trilobites-Isotelus;Gastropods-Plectonotus	WV0055				\|	,
Moatstown	Pendleton	WV	2 km SSE along country road			coral Stromatopora,Chonetes,Cyphotrypa	WV0056				\|	,
Oak Flat	Pendleton	WV	2.5 km W along US33 in Hivelt[?] Gap	Devonian	Port Jervis Limestone	Schellwienella,Rensselaeria,Spirifer,Tentaculites,Dalmanites,Edriocrinus,Coelospira,Eatonia,Rhipidomella,etc	WV0057	There is an unnamed (on USGS maps) gap in Dickerson Mountain roughly in the right place			\|	,
Petersburg	Pendleton	WV	27 km S at US220 bridge over Potomac River	Devonian	Corriganville\|Oriskany	brachiopods,Corals,crinoids,Gastropods,Trilobites-Trimerus,Phacops,Dalmanites	WV0058	Petersburg is in Grant County			\|	,
Ruddle	Pendleton	WV	1.2 km W in Limestone	Devonian	Port Jervis	typical faunas	WV0059				\|	,
Upper Tract	Pendleton	WV	2.5 km NW along road from US220 to Smoke Hole Settlement	Devonian	Port Jervis\|Ridgeley	Tentaculites,Homalonotus,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Chonetes,Rensselaeria,Spirifer,Dalmanites,Stropheodonta	WV0060				\|	,
-	Pocahontas	WV	In area quarries and fields	Mississippian	Hillsdale Limestone	Large silicified heads of the coral-Lithostrotionella	WV0061				\|	,
Burr	Pocahontas	WV	along country road in small anticline	Devonian		Eodevonaria,Leptocoelia,Schellwienella,Reticularia,Styliolina,Ostracods	WV0062	No citations for a Devonian Huntsville formation			\|	,
Dunmore	Pocahontas	WV	1 km E on N bank of Sitlington Creek	Devonian		Stromatopora,Favosites,Cladopora	WV0063				\|	,
Frost	Pocahontas	WV	1200 meters WNW along Sugarcamp Creek near and above a large spring	Devonian	Tonoloway Limestone	Leperditia	WV0064				\|	,
Green Bank	Pocahontas	WV	1 km S at bend of country road in chert and dark shale	Devonian Middle	Huntersville	Orbiculoidea,Leptocoelia,Conularia,etc	WV0065				\|	,
Beckley	Raleigh	WV	W in reclaimed strip mine	Pennsylvanian		Sandstone casts of logs	WV0083				\|	,
-	Randolph	WV		Devonian	Foreknobs	Jellyfish;Cephalopods;ichnofossils	WV0067				\|	,
Bowden Cave	Randolph	WV		Pleistocene		Mastodon Tooth	WV0068				\|	,
Elkins	Randolph	WV	8 km W on WV33 on N in coal seam			ferns and wood.	WV0069				\|	,
Elkins	Randolph	WV	8km W on WV33			Coal with fern impressions and some wood	WV0070				\|	,
Elkins	Randolph	WV	In road cut West of Elkins			Fossil seeds	WV0071				\|	,
Elkins	Randolph	WV	In roadcuts from 2005 time period road construction	Devonian	Foreknobs	ichnofossils;fish bones,teeth;brachiopods,bivalves;wood	WV0072				\|	,
Berea	Ritchie	WV	At Hughes River Bridge	Permian		Reptile tracks-Dimetrodon	WV0073				\|	,
Reedy Creek	Roane	WV		Permian		Reptile-Diadectes	WV0074				\|	,
Sandstone	Summers	WV	Road cuts 'above' town'		Avis	A few brachiopods and corals	WV0084				\|	,
Atenville	Wayne	WV	W on WV68 4.8km,left on Francis Creek Rd. Near Junction of Francis Creek and Kiah Creek,right on dirt road for 1.6km to Rollem Fork Surface Mine #2	Pennsylvanian	Allegheny	Plants-Annularia	WV0076				\|	,
Parkersburg?	Wood	WV	At Albany Limestone Quarry	Pennsylvanian		Fissodus	WV0077	There does not seem to be an Albany,WV,Albany,Athens County,OH perhaps. Neither is there a plausible Pennsylvanian Albany formation			\|	,
Huff Creek	Wyoming	WV	1 km N near the mouth of Laurel Branch in gray silty shale			Aviculopecten	WV0078				\|	,
Itmann Mine	Wyoming	WV		Pennsylvanian		Lycopods-Stigmaria	WV0079				\|	,
Occana	Wyoming	WV	in hillside to SW and along Cedar Creek	Pennsylvanian	Cannelton Limestone	above Matewan Coal -- Aviculopecten	WV0080				\|	,
-	[?]	WV	In Middle Paleozoic road cuts along I79 and US42 in WV.			fossils	WV0082				\|	,
New River Gorge	[?]	WV		Pennsylvanian Lower		abundant plants-Neuropteris	WV0081				\|	,

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