Pulteney shale

Pulteney Shale
Stratigraphic range: Frasnian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Sonyea Group
Underlies	Rock Stream Formation
Overlies	Middlesex Shale
Lithology
Primary	Shale
Location
Region	New York
Country	United States

The Pulteney Shale is a geologic formation in New York. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• New York (state) portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New York

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
• Rickard, L.V.; Isachsen, Y.W.; Fisher, D.W. (1970). "Geologic map of New York: Finger Lakes sheet". New York State Museum . Retrieved 2015-09-17.
• "Pulteney Shale Formation - Sonyea Group". Shanan E. Peters & Noel A. Heim. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
• Bergin, M. J. (1964). "Bedrock Geology of the Penn Yan and Keuka Park Quadrangles New York". Geological Survey Bulletin (1161-G). USGS. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
• Schieber, J. (1999). "Distribution and deposition of mudstone facies in the Upper Devonian Sonyea Group of New York" . Journal of Sedimentary Research. 69. SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology: 909–925. doi:10.2110/jsr.69.909 . Retrieved 22 September 2015.