Mifflintown Formation Explained

Mifflintown Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Silurian
Region:Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Country:United States
Underlies:Bloomsburg Formation
Overlies:Keefer Formation

The Mifflintown Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period. The type location is near Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.[1]

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  1. Book: Helfrich, Charles T. . Silurian conodonts from Wills Mountain Anticline, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland . 1975 . Geological Society of America . 978-0-8137-2161-3 . Special paper / the Geological Society of America . Boulder, Colo . 8.