Vintage Dolomite

The Vintage Dolomite is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

Vintage Dolomite Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
Upper part of the Vintage Dolomite overlain by Kinzers Shale exposed in cut on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Vintage. This is the type section.
Type	Formation
Underlies	Kinzers Formation
Lithology
Primary	dolomite
Location
Region	Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Type section
Named by	Stose and Jonas (1922)[1]

Vintage Dolomite in quarry at Kinzers. Shows well-bedded character of lower part of Vintage dolomite.

Type section

Named from exposures at a railroad cut at Vintage, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1]

Photo of the type section in 2019

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Pennsylvania
• Paleontology in Pennsylvania

References

1. Stose, G.W., and Jonas, A.I., 1922. The lower Paleozoic section in southeastern Pennsylvania, Washington Academy of Sciences, Journal v. 12, no. 5, p. 358-366

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.