Rochester Shale Formation

231 distinct taxa, from 731 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name.

The Paleobiology Database files this name in 2 countries. That can be one body of rock crossing a border, or two rocks that happen to share a name. The database does not say which, so nothing below is added across them.

New York, Maryland, West Virginia · US

221 taxa · 680 fossils · 443–423 Mya

Filed under the Clinton Group. Members recorded: Lewiston, Cycle VII, Upper.

Macrostrat places this rock in the Clinton Group. Macrostrat’s own record

Rochester Shale Formation — 43.15°N, 77.62°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.17°N, 78.69°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.15°N, 77.06°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.10°N, 79.06°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.20°N, 77.53°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.00°N, 79.00°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.15°N, 77.72°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.22°N, 76.82°WRochester Shale Formation — 39.20°N, 78.86°WRochester Shale Formation — 39.65°N, 78.76°WRochester Shale Formation — 39.57°N, 78.84°WRochester Shale Formation — 39.44°N, 78.97°WRochester Shale Formation — 39.12°N, 79.17°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.20°N, 78.45°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.15°N, 79.04°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.15°N, 79.04°WRochester Shale Formation — 40.58°N, 74.09°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.22°N, 77.28°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.20°N, 78.46°W

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19 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.

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The 40 most often recorded, of 221.

Ontario · CA

38 taxa · 51 fossils · 433–427 Mya

Members recorded: Lewiston, Burleigh Hill.

Macrostrat places this rock in the Clinton Group. Macrostrat’s own record

Rochester Shale Formation — 43.13°N, 79.04°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.12°N, 79.20°WRochester Shale Formation — 43.03°N, 79.28°W

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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.

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Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.