421 Roadcuts north of Madison (fossils)
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Details: According to Falls of the Ohio State Park website: "U.S. 421 north of Madison, Jefferson Co., IN Rock type: interbedded shale and limestone Type of exposure: Road cut, also creek exposures on west side Types of fossils: brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, conodonts, corals, crinoids, edrioasteroids, gastropods, monoplacophorans, pelecypods, scolecodont teeth, stromatoporoids, starfish, trace fossils, trilobites. "
Directions: Go north of Madison on 421. I tried to pick a roadcut out of Google Street view and used its placemark on the google map below.
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 38°44'58.77"N, 85°22'36.31"W)
or (38.749658, -85.376752)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
Tags: highway 421 roadcut road cuts madison indiana fossils Upper Ordovician Maysvillian Cincinnatian stages shale limestone brachiopods bryozoans cephalopods conodonts corals crinoids edrioasteroids gastropods monoplacophorans pelecypods scolecodont teeth stromatoporoids starfish trace fossils trilobites jefferson county
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