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S26.09.011Description
An outcrop showing the Dunkard Group stratigraphy at a road cut on the east side of Ohio State Route 7 at Belpre, Washington County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, mudstone, sandstone, limestone and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Late Pennsylvanian, Early Permian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1968. At the time, Dr. Hansen was working as a graduate student intern for the summer with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. His fieldwork included excavating the bone bed at this location for fossil remains of tetrapods and xenacanth sharks.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Tall, rock outcrop lined with vegetation at the top; sandy gravel plain in the foreground. East side of State Route 7 at Belpre, Ohio.