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Warrior Formation
Geologic formation in Pennsylvania, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cambrian Warrior Formation is a mapped limestone bedrock unit in Pennsylvania.
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Description
The Warrior Formation is described by Berg and others as gray, thin- to medium-bedded, fossiliferous, cyclic limestone bearing stromatolites, interbedded with shale, siltstone, and sandstone.[5]
Fossils

- Trilobites,[1] including Crepicephalus, Cedaria, Llanoaspidella,[3] and Blountia kindlei Resser, Coosella brevis Resser, Kingstonia ara (Walcott), K. kindlei Resser, and other Kingstonia species, Menomonia avitas (Walcott), Blountia, Modocia, Lonchocephalus, Genevievella, Pemphigaspis.[6]
- Brachiopods[3]
- Cryptozoon, a type of trace fossil[1][6]
- Stromatolites[5]
Notable Exposures
- Type section: Warrior Creek (formerly Warriorsmark Creek),Huntingdon County[1]
- Section near Waddle, Pennsylvania.[3]
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Age
Relative age dating places the Warrior Formation in the middle to late Cambrian.
References
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