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This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New York, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation ... West Falls Group/Angola Formation:
This list of the Paleozoic life of New York contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New York and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
More recent was the 1984 designation of the Silurian sea scorpion Eurypterus remipes as the New York state fossil. [17] Research in New York State continues into the present, particularly at the Research Department of the New York State Museum whose collections contain 17,000 studied specimens and 600,000 more to be used in future research.
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [5] Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
Angola is a village in the town of Evans in Erie County, New York, United States. Located 2 miles (3 km) east of Lake Erie , the village is 22 miles (35 km) southwest of downtown Buffalo . As of the 2010 Census, Angola had a population of 2,127. [ 2 ]
This list of the prehistoric life of New York contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New York. Precambrian [ edit ]
Gilboa Fossil Forest, New York, United States, is a petrified forest and one of the oldest known forests. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Located near the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County , New York, the region is home to tree trunks from the Devonian period.