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Mifflintown Formation

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Mifflintown Formation
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
TypeFormation
UnderliesBloomsburg Formation
OverliesKeefer Formation
Location
RegionMaryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
CountryUnited States

The Mifflintown Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period. The type location is near Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.[1]

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  1. ^ Helfrich, Charles T. (1975). Silurian conodonts from Wills Mountain Anticline, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Special paper / the Geological Society of America. Boulder, Colo: Geological Society of America. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8137-2161-3.