Oakes Quarry Park (Fairborn, Ohio)
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Oakes Quarry Park was once a quarry, and the exposed limestone holds fossils from the Early Silurian period - a time when the region was at the bottom of a shallow sea.
Details on the specific types of fossils at this park can be found at:
gsa.confex.com/gsa/2005NC/finalprogram/abstract_87066.h...
drc.ohiolink.edu/handle/2374.OX/19630
Details on the specific types of fossils at this park can be found at:
gsa.confex.com/gsa/2005NC/finalprogram/abstract_87066.h...
drc.ohiolink.edu/handle/2374.OX/19630
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurian
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Coordinates: 39°48'58"N 83°59'22"W
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