The Rock Stream Formation (or Rock Stream siltstone
) is a
geologic formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
New York
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. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
dating back to the
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...
period
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.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New York
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New York, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in New York
References
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Devonian geology of New York (state)
Devonian southern paleotemperate deposits
Frasnian Stage
Shale formations of the United States
Siltstone formations of the United States
Geologic formations of New York (state)
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