Cummingsville Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Iowa, United States.}}
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| image = Cummingsville Formation Decorah Iowa.jpg
| caption = Cummingsville Formation in Decorah, Iowa. The Cummingsville is the brown upper unit; the Decorah Shale is below.
| type = Formation
| age = Ordovician
| period = Ordovician
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| country = United States
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The Cummingsville Formation is a geologic formation in Iowa and Minnesota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
See also
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Iowa|Paleontology}}
References
- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
{{Chronostratigraphy of Minnesota}}
Category:Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits
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