Blackberry Hill
A Lagerstätte located in Wisconsin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Blackberry Hill (disambiguation).
Blackberry Hill is a Konservat-Lagerstätte of Cambrian age located within the Elk Mound Group in Marathon County, Wisconsin.[1] It is found in a series of quarries and outcrops that are notable for their large concentration of exceptionally preserved trace fossils in Cambrian tidal flats. One quarry in particular also has the distinction of preserving some of the first land animals. These are preserved as three-dimensional casts, which is unusual for Cambrian animals that are only lightly biomineralized.[2] Additionally, Blackberry Hill is the first occurrence recognized to include Cambrian mass strandings of scyphozoans (jellyfish).[3]
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Stratigraphic range: Mid Cambrian–Late Cambrian | |
Type | Konservat-Lagerstätte |
Unit of | Elk Mound Group |
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Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone and orthoquartzite |
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Coordinates | 44°42′39.24″N 89°30′43.40″W |
Region | Wisconsin |
Country | United States |
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Named for | Topographic feature (a summit) in Marathon County |
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