Dickerson Park at Briley Parkway
Nashville, TN US
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You can find Maysville Group of fossils here including brachiopods (hebertella orthorhynchula, platystrophia, and rafinesquina), Bryozoans (heterotrypa, homotrypa, homotrypella, and hallopora), mollusks (byssonychia, cyclonema), and Coral (streptelasma).  There is also layers of gypsum there.  The Maysville group of fossils is also called Upper Ordovician Liepers Formation.  You can find more details at this webpage link:

http://www.nashvillefossils.com/fieldtrips/taylorsknob/maysville.html

From the website: "Directions:

Drive on I-24 to Nashville
At the junction with I-40, take I-40 west
At the junction with I-65 N, take I-65 north
Proceed on I-65 to the Dickerson Pike exit
On exiting, turn right (north) on Dickerson Pike
Drive under Briley Parkway and turn left at the second opportunity (Doverside)
Pull off the road on the right. "

GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 36°14'33.88"N, 86°45'28.96"W)
or (36.242744, -86.758044)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
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Reference Info: http://www.nashvillefossils.com/fieldtrips/taylorsknob/maysville.html
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