User:Abyssal/Paleontology in West Virginia

Paleontology in West Virginia refers to the scientific study of the prehistoric life that once inhabited this U.S. state. The region lacks major museums and there are only a few places in the state where fossils are on display. Nevertheless, West Virginia's long and storied geologic history ensures that it is a good source of fossils in its own right. West Virginia's mountainous terrain exposes a wide variety of rocks and has necessitated the excavation of a large number of road cuts. Many of these natural and artificial exposures abound in fossils that invite the adventurous collector. The fossils of West Virginia are mostly early Paleozoic marine invertebrates and, especially, Carboniferous plants.

Understand
West Virginia's fossil record begins in the Cambrian, about 500 million years ago. From that time through the rest of the early Paleozoic, the state was at least partially submerged under a shallow sea. The Paleozoic seas of West Virginia were home to creatures like ammonoids, bivalves, blastoids, bryozoans, conulariid, corals, crinoids, cystoids, eurypterids, graptolites, hyolithids, nautiloids, ostracodes, pteropods, snails, sponges, stromatoporoids and trilobites at varying times. During the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period, the sea was replaced by lushly vegetated coastal swamps where large amphibians roamed. Contemporary plants included ferns, horsetails, scale trees, and seed ferns. The rich vegetation from these swamps are the source of the state's vast, economically vital coal deposits and many of its fossils.

A gap in the local rock record spans from the Permian to the end of the Neogene, so don't get your hopes up for finding a dinosaur. The youngest fossils in West Virginia date back to the Pleistocene, popularly known as the Ice Age. West Virginia was never the site of glacial activity during the Ice Age, but the state was home to creatures like mammoths, mastodons, and giant ground sloths.

Stay safe
A brief summary of general fossil collecting safety hazards as well as more distinctly local threats.

Law and ethics
A general summary of US laws governing fossil collection and transport as well as local statutes.

See
Natural history museums, interpretive centers, fossil themed national parks, etc.


 * West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Museum
 * The Lost World Caverns Visitor Center and Natural History Museum
 * Bluestone Museum
 * West Virginia Natural History Museum, Morgantown

Events
Fossil shows, gem and mineral shows that a traveler might want to visit.


 * Cheat Lake Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show


 * Sunset Fossils and Minerals check to see if this one is a store

Clubs and associations
Clubs and associations often have field trips and the fossil-minded tourist may want to make arrangements to participate in.

Pay-to-dig services
There are services out there where you can pay for the privilege of collecting from certain fossil sites or participating in excavations.

Volunteer opportunities
Some institutions like natural history museums use volunteers.

Collect fossils independently
A list of places in the state where fossil can be found and what fossils can be found there. This would be the bulk of the article.


 * Bethany: A little over one mile east of Bethany is a road cut alongside Route 67 where late Pennsylvanian fossils can be collected from the Monongahela Group. Only a few plant species are preserved here, but they are preserved in exquisite detail. Fossils that can be collected here include the horsetail Annularia stellata and seed fern Neuropteris scheuzeri.


 * Baker: Four to five miles south of Baker are a series of roadcuts exposing the middle Devonian Mahantango Formation where fossils can be collected. Large, well-preserved specimens of the brachiopod Spinocyrtia granulosa are common, and large, well preserved Tropidoleptus carinatus specimens can also be found in the area. Like the aforementioned brachiopods, some of the local Fenestella bryozoans are also fairly large. Other local fossils include bivalves, corals, the gastropod Loxonema hamiltonae, straight-shelled nautiloids, and trilobites.


 * Baxter: A mile and a quarter north of Baxter proper, near Tihance Creek, Devonian fossils can be found at a limestone exposure along a country road at the northwest end of Ferrell Ridge. Local fossils include a great variety of brachiopods as well as the trilobites Dalmanites and Phacops.

Schellwienella,Rhipidomella,Leptostrophia,Rensselaeria,,Meristella,Spirifer,Actinopteria,

Phacops,Dalmanites


 * Capon Lake, Hardy County: Just to the south of Capon Lake, five miles south of Wardensville, is a quarry where early to middle Devonian fossils can be found in the rocks of the Needmore Formation. Local fossils include the ammonoid Agoniatites venuxemi, bivalves, brachiopods, the nautiloid Michelinoceras subulatum, the conularid Conularia, horn corals, crinoids, the gastropod Loxonema, ostracodes, and trilobites.


 * Davis: Abundant plant fossils can be found at a local road cut.


 * Falls: A quarter of a mile northwest of town at the eastern end of Greenland Gap fossils of the Devonian brachiopod Spirifer can be collected from exposures of the Ridgeley Sandstone along Patterson Creek.


 * Franklin: A little over 8 miles is a road cut and quarry where early to middle Devonian fossils can be collected from rocks of the Needmore Formation. Notable fossils that can be found here include nautiloids whose remains have turned into fool's gold and well-preserved specimens of the trilobite Phacops. Other local fossils include the bivalve Praecardium multiradiatum, brachiopods, straight-shelled nautiloids, corals, crinoids, and the gastropod Loxonema. About 9 miles southeast of Franklin late Silurian to early Devonian fossils can be found in the road cuts alongside Route 23. The most common fossils here seem to be the brachiopod Nucleospira elegans. Other local fossils include calcareous algae, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, cystoids, the gastropod Platyceras, sponges, and trilobites. Author Jasper Burns has recommended this site for its ease of collecting and beautiful scenery.  Twelve miles west of Franklin proper and half of a mile east of the Germany Valley Overlook is a series of roadcuts along Route 33 where late Ordovician fossils can be collected from the Reedsville Formation. Most specimens in this area are fragmentary. Local fossils include bivalves like Ambonychia, brachiopods like Orthorhynchula, bryozoans, crinoids, the gastropod Sinuites, the graptolite Climacograptus, straight shelled nautiloids like Michelinoceras, very large ostracodes, and trilobites like Isotelus.


 * Gap Mills: Just short of two and a half miles east of Keenan and just over two miles west of Gap Mills are road cuts where late Mississippian fossils can be collected from the Greenbrier Group. The most common fossils here are the brachiopod Inflatia inflata. Other local fossils include the blastoid Pentremites, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, crinoids, gastropods, and trilobites.


 * Hebron: Brachiopods can be found in the road cut across from Hebron Church.


 * Hedgesville: Half of a mile northwest of Hedgesville is a road cut alongside Route 9 where middle Devonian fossils can be collected from the Mahantango Formation. The most common fossils here are the brachiopods Mucrospirifer and Spinocyrtia. Other local fossils include bivalves, the bryozoan Fenestella, the coral Heterophrentis, crinoids, the gastropod Pembexia, pteropods, and trilobites.


 * Hillsboro: About two miles southeast of Hillsboro late Mississippian fossils preserved in rocks from the Greenbrier Group can be recovered from the bed of Locust Creek. Most of the fossils here are horn corals belonging to the genus Acrocyathus, some of which are actually slightly translucent. Other local fossils include brachiopods and crinoids.


 * Keenan: Just short of two and a half miles east of Keenan and just over two miles west of Gap Mills are road cuts where late Mississippian fossils can be collected from the Greenbrier Group. The most common fossils here are the brachiopod Inflatia inflata. Other local fossils include the blastoid Pentremites, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, crinoids, gastropods, and trilobites.


 * Lost City: Lost City is home to an outcrop of the middle Devonian Mahantango Formation where fossils can be collected. Notable local fossils include bivalves, brachiopods, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, calices of the crinoid Arthroacantha, the gastropod Platyceras, the large straight-shelled nautiloid Spyroceras, and trilobites. Some of the local Phacops trilobites have been turned to fool's gold. Many of the local fossils are covered in little glittery crystals.


 * Marlinton: About fifteen miles northwest of Marlinton is a series of road cuts alongside Scenic Route 150 where middle Pennsylvanian fossils can be collected from the Kanawha Formation. This area preserves a great abundance and diversity of plant fossils, including the remains of roots, long sections of trunk, stems, leaves, and seeds from several species. The local plant taxa include seed ferns, the giant horsetail Calamites, and the giant scale tree Lepidodendron.


 * Moorefield: Six miles south of Moorefield is a road cut and quarry where middle Devonian fossils can be collected from the Mahantango Formation. Well-preserved brachiopods in the genera Mucrospirifer and Spinatrypa can be found here, as can detailed specimens of the trilobites Phacops and Trimerus. Other local fossils include the bivalve Modiomoprha concentrica, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, crinoids, the gastropod Loxonema hamiltoniae, and the straight-shelled nautiloid Michelinoceras''.


 * Perry: Three miles south of Perry proper is a road cut exposure of the Martinsburg Formation with a variety of late Ordovician fossils. Most are poorly preserved and distorted, however, they are often stained bright orange or yellow and stand out starkly against the dark green shale. Fossils that can be found here include bivalves, brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids like Ectenocrinus simplex, the graptolite Climacograptus, the straight-shelled nautiloid Michelinoceras, and trilobites, especially Cryptolithus.


 * Romney: Just beyond the eastern edge of a quarry a little over two miles west of Romney are rocks of the Tonoloway Formation and Helderberg Group that contain fossils of late Silurian to early Devonian age. This site especially notable for the well-preserved coral Favosites limitaris. They don't look like much in the field, but clean up beautifully with acid. Other fossils include brachiopods, bryozoans, the cystoid Pseudocrinites, and the big ostracode Leperditia.


 * Rio: Roughly four miles north of Rio and one mile and half south of Delray is a road cut alongside Route 11 where middle Devonian fossils can be collected from the Mahantango Formation. A great diversity of fossils can be found here, including the ammonoid Agoniatities, bivalves, brachiopods, bryozoans, corals. crinoids, the straight-shelled nautiloid Michelinoceras, gastropods and trilobites.


 * Tomahawk: A quarter of a mile west of Tomahawk alongside Ferrell Ridge, Devonian fossils can be collected from the Devonian Port Jervis Formation. Local fossils include a great variety of brachiopods, the bryozoan Cyphotrypa, the gastropod Platyceras, and the trilobite Homalonotus.

Meristella,Eatonia,Dalmanites,Rensselaeria,Chonetes,Actinopteria,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,


 * Upper Tract: One mile north of Upper Tract, a variety of early Devonian fossils are widespread through the local rocks of the Corriganville Formation|Corriganville and Oriskany Formations. Rocks of the Oriskany Sandstone are more common here than those of the Corriganville, but most of its fossils are poorly preserved and difficult to extract from the hard matrix. Local Oriskany fossils include the brachiopods Rensellaeria and Costispirifer, crinoids, the gastropod Platyceras, tentaculitids and the giant trilobite Trimerus. Like the Oriskany Sandstone, the Corriganville formation is hard enough to hinder the collection of its abundant fossils. The brachiopods Eatonia and Leptaena are common, as are pieces of the large trilobites Dalmanites pleuropteyx and Trimerus. Other local fossils include calcareous algae, bryozoans, the coral Favosites helderbergiae, crinoids, and the gastropod Platyceras. The route to this site overlooks a beautiful gorge for several miles.


 * Waiteville: About 3 miles to the southwest of town is a roadcut at the side of Route 635 where middle Silurian fossils can be collected from the Rose Hill Formation. Fossils are very common here but are fragmentary. Like the Perry site, they are often brightly colored in hues of orange, yellow, or, less commonly, pink. Local fossils include bivalves, brachiopods, bryozoans, straight-shelled nautiloids, ostracodes, Tentaculites, and trilobites, especially Calymene cresapensis.


 * Wardensville: Slightly less than two miles east of Wardensville is a series of road cuts alongside Route 55 where middle Devonian fossils can be collected from the exposed rocks of the Mahantango Formation. Local fossils include the ammonoid Agoniatites, bivalves, brachiopods, the bryozoan Fenestella, the straight-shelled nautiloid Michelinoceras, corals, crinoids, gastropods, tentaculitids, as well as trilobites like Phacops and Trimerus. Some of the local Agoniatites specimens have been turned to fool's gold. Roughly four miles west of Wardensville is a quarry where a great diversity of early to middle Devonian fossils can be collected from the rocks of the Needmore Formation. This great diversity of fossils is attributable to the large variety of rock layers here, all of which formed in different kinds of marine environment. Some of the brachiopods and nautiloids in the site's dark gray shale layer, notably, have been turned into fool's gold. Other local fossils include the ammonoid Agoniatites vanuxemi, bivalves, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, crinoids, gastropods, the nautiloid Michelinoceras subulatum, pteropods, and a variety of trilobites, notably multiple species of Phacops.  Five miles west of Wardensville proper late Silurian to early Devonian fossils from the Keyser Formation can be found along the banks of the Lost River. At least some of the collecting grounds here are apparently on private land, so make sure you dot your "i"s and cross your "t"s regarding permission to collect at any given exposure. The corals Favosites and Halysites are common here. Other local fossils include the brachiopod Cupulorostrum, crinoids, and stromatoporoids.  Five miles south of Wardensville, is a quarry where early to middle Devonian fossils can be found in the rocks of the Needmore Formation. Local fossils include the ammonoid Agoniatites venuxemi, bivalves, brachiopods, the nautiloid Michelinoceras subulatum, the conularid Conularia, horn corals, crinoids, the gastropod loxonema, ostracodes, and trilobites.


 * Wheeling: About four and a half miles northeast of Wheeling are a series of boulders from the Monongahela Group along Long Run, where late Pennsylvanian fossils can be found. The most common local fossil is the fern Pecopteris, but others include fish, the gymnosperm Cordaites, horsetails, the scale tree Lepidophyllum, and seed ferns.


 * Williamsport: A very short distance east of town fossils can be collected from exposures of Devonian limestone along a small creek. Local fossils include corals and the sponge Stromatopora.


 * Yellow Spring: Two miles north of Yellow Spring along the banks of the Cacapon River are a road cut and natural exposures of the early to middle Devonian Needmore Formation where fossils can be found. Well preserved trilobites in the genera Phacops and Coronura can be collected from freshly extracted rock. The exposed rock is highly weathered and the fossils damaged. Other local fossils include the ammonoid Agoniatites vanuxemi, the bivalve Praecardium multiradiatum, brachiopods, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, crinoids, gastropods, the hyolithid Hyolithes, coalified fragments of plant material, and trace fossils of animal trails across or through the ancient sediment.

http://rockingwiththerocks.com/davis_fossils.html

http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geoeduc/FieldTrip/GeologyFieldTripGuide.pdf

http://www.fossilsites.com/STATES/WV.HTM

Alvon	Greenbrier	WV	Alvon on SE side of Anthony Creek near Knapp Creek Bridge	Devonian	Port Jervis	Favosites,Pleurodictyum,Schellwienella,Spirifer,Meristella,Dalmanites,Homalonotus	WV0009
 * Alvon:

Bods Ridge	Greenbrier	WV	SW end along Howard Creek	Devonian		Spirifer,Hipparionyx,Rhipidomella,Schellwienella,Dalmanites	WV0010
 * Bods Ridge:			|		,

Caldwell	Greenbrier	WV	0.62 miles NW on I64	Mississippian	Price	diverse ichnofossils	WV0011				|
 * Caldwell:			|		,

White Sulfur Springs	Greenbrier	WV	Bob's Ridge	Devonian		trilobite-Trimerus	WV0012
 * White Sulphur Springs:	,

Capon Bridge	Hampshire	WV	In Roadside Quarry Exposure of	Devonian Middle	Mahantango	Fossils include Phacops trilobites,Michelinoceras nautiloids,brachiopods. WV0013
 * Capon Bridge:		|		,

Capon Lake	Hampshire	WV	In road cut			Trilobites,crinoids	WV0014				|
 * Capon Lake:			|		,

, Hanging Rock	Hampshire	WV	along US50	Devonian	Keyser	Stromatopora,crinoid fragments,bryozoa	WV0015
 * Hanging Rock:

Purgitsville	Hampshire	WV	3.1 miles E along road along Camp Run,N of Taylor Knob on W flank of Mill Creek Mountain Anticline	Devonian		Spirifer,Leptostrophia,Chonostrophia,Coelospira,Eatonia,ostracods	WV0016				|
 * Purgitsville:			|		,

Romney	Hampshire	WV	4 miles N along Potomac River in RR cuts in water gap through Mill Creek Mountain	Devonian Ridgeley Sandstone|Keyser, Upper Limestone	Spirifer,Cyphotrypa	WV0017
 * Romney:

|	, Yellow Spring	Hampshire	WV	1.86 miles from WV14/US220 junction in roadcut on Cacapon River	Devonian		brachiopods,Cephalopods-Agoniatites,Trilobites-Coronura,Odontocephalus,Phacops;	WV0018				|		,
 * Yellow Spring:

Baker	Hardy	WV	N on WV259 in steep road cuts. Parking is a problem			? WV0019

|	, Baker	Hardy	WV	on WV259 in road cuts			coral and brachiopod molds	WV0020				|		, Brake	Hardy	WV	0.868 miles W along road along Dumpling Run	Devonian	Port Jervis Limestone	abundant Rensselaeria,Dalmanites,Homalonotus	WV0021
 * Baker:

Johnstown	Hardy	WV	W along Moyer Gap-Sugar Grove Road	Devonian	Port Jervis Limestone	abundant Rensselaeria,Dalmanites,Homalonotus	WV0022 Lost River	Hardy	WV				Trilobites	WV0023				|		, Lost River	Hardy	WV	in roadcut on WV55 4.5 miles W of Wardensville	Devonian		trilobites-Odontocephalus,Odontopleura,Phacops,brachiopods,crinoids,mollusks,coral	WV0024 Lost River Village	Hardy	WV	0.62 miles E along Mill Gap Run		Ridgeley Sandstone|Port Ewen chert	Spirifer,Meristella,Leptocoelia,Coelospira,Tentaculites,Leptostrophia,Eospirifer	WV0025	'Leptostrophia' was 'Septostrophia' in original
 * Johnstown:		|		,
 * Lost River:			|		,
 * Lost River Village:			|		,

Wardensville	Hardy	WV	4 miles SW along Trout Run	Devonian	Keyser Limestone	Stenochisma,Uncinulus,Spirifer	WV0026				|		, Wardensville	Hardy	WV	almost six miles S on WV55	Devonian		Trilobites-Phacops,cephalopods,crinoids,corals,bryozoa	WV0027				|		, Wardensville	Hardy	WV	E			Fossils-Brachiopods	WV0028				|		,
 * Wardensville:		|		,

Clarksburg	Harrison	WV	N in siltstones in low road cut on entrance road to FBI Center	Pennsylvanian		fish teeth,bones,coprolites,fish scales. WV0029
 * Clarksburg:

Logan	Logan	WV	almost four miles N on WV119 in debris from WalMart/Lowes plaza excavation	Pennsylvanian	Kanawha	Plants-Annularia	WV0030
 * Logan:			|		,


 * Princeton:

Princeton	Mercer	WV	At Highwall Park			fossils	WV0032				|		, Princeton	Mercer	WV	At construction site near the community hospital	Pennsylvanian		Plants-Calamites,Lepidodendron,ferns,etc	WV0033				|		, Princeton	Mercer	WV	Fossils are in a RR cut in Oakvale. Most apparently are in very hard rock and are difficult to extract	Mississippian? blastoids	WV0034				|		, Princeton	Mercer	WV	In I460 road cuts			a few fossils-blastoids;brachiopods;corals	WV0035				|		, Keyser	Mineral	WV	slightly over two miles SE along WC46 on E slope of Knobbly Mountain	Devonian	Keyser	coral-Stromatopora,Favosites,Cyathophyllum. WV0036				|		, Keyser	Mineral	WV	slighlty over four miles SW in quarries and road cuts	Devonian	Keyser	coral-Stromatopora,Favosites,Cyathophyllum. WV0037
 * Keyser:

New Creek	Mineral	WV	at intersection of US220-US50	Devonian	Ridgeley|Port Jervis Limestone	Spirifer,Leptostrophia,Rensselaeria,Cyathophyllum	WV0038
 * New Creek:				|		,

Gladesville	Monongalia	WV	in old strip mine in	Pennsylvanian	Freeport Coal, Lower	plants and rare myriopods -Acantherpestes	WV0039				|
 * Gladesville:			|		,

, Greer	Monongalia	WV		Mississippian	Mauch Chunk	vertebrates-Greererpeton	WV0040				|		, Greer Quarry	Monongalia	WV		Mississippian		amphibian-Greererpeton	WV0041				|
 * Greer:

Morgantown	Monongalia	WV	a little over three miles N on E side of I-79 near - at interface between limestones and sandstones	Pennsylvanian		Fish teeth,bone fragments,scales,coprolites. WV0042				|		, Morgantown	Monongalia	WV	along I68 and at some exits	Pennsylvanian	Ames Limestone	fossils	WV0043
 * Morgantown:	,

|	, Haynes Cave	Monroe	WV		Pleistocene		Megalonyx claws	WV0044				|		, Patton Cave	Monroe	WV		Pleistocene		Platygonus	WV0045				|		,

Berkeley Springs	Morgan	WV	almost two thirds of a mile W at crest of Warm Spring Mountain along WV9	Devonian	Helderberg	Enterolasma,Edriocrinus,Eatonia,Spirifer,Meristella,etc. WV0046 |	, Berkeley Springs	Morgan	WV	at Pennsylvania Glass Sand Quarry in Sandstone and Shale			corals,crinoids,plant fragments	WV0047				|		, Berkeley Springs	Morgan	WV	at Pennsylvania Glass Sand Quarry in Sandstone and Shale			corals,crinoids,plant fragments	WV0048				|		, Cacapon river	Morgan	WV				Trilobites
 * Berkeley Springs:

Summersville	Nicholas	WV	N on WV19 to Spruce Run Rd. W about 6.82 miles to Buffalo Creek and Ramp Run Surface Mine #1	Pennsylvanian	Kanawha	Plants-Annularia,Asterophyllites	WV0051				|		,
 * Summersville:

Elm Grove	Ohio	WV		Permian	Dunkard Group	along I70 --vertebrates Diploceraspis,Edops,Lysorophus	WV0052				|		, Elm Grove	Ohio	WV	In the Waynesburg Coal bed in the	Permian	Washington	Plants	WV0053				|
 * Elm Grove:

, Hamilton Cave	Pendleton	WV	Late Irvingtonian Cheetah Room fauna,mammal bones	Pliocene		Mammal Bones	WV0054				|		,

Judy Gap	Pendleton	WV	in road cuts 1.86-3 miles E on US33	Ordovician	Reedsville	Brachiopods-Orthorhynchula,Lingula;Bivalves-Ambonychia,Ischyrodonta,Modiolopsis,Tancredopsis;Trilobites-Isotelus;Gastropods-Plectonotus	WV0055
 * Judy Gap:

Moatstown	Pendleton	WV	1.24 miles SSE along country road			coral Stromatopora,Chonetes,Cyphotrypa	WV0056				|		, Oak Flat	Pendleton	WV	one and a half miles W along US33 in Hivelt[?] Gap	Devonian	Port Jervis Limestone	Schellwienella,Rensselaeria,Spirifer,Tentaculites,Dalmanites,Edriocrinus,Coelospira,Eatonia,Rhipidomella,etc	WV0057	There is an unnamed (on USGS maps) gap in Dickerson Mountain roughly in the right place			|		,
 * Moatstown:			|		,


 * Petersburg:

Petersburg	Pendleton	WV	almost seventeen miles S at US220 bridge over Potomac River	Devonian	Corriganville|Oriskany	brachiopods,Corals,crinoids,Gastropods,Trilobites-Trimerus,Phacops,Dalmanites	WV0058	Petersburg is in Grant County			|		,


 * Ruddle:

Ruddle	Pendleton	WV	nearly a mile W in Limestone	Devonian	Port Jervis	typical faunas	WV0059				|		,

Upper Tract	Pendleton	WV	1.55 miles NW along road from US220 to Smoke Hole Settlement	Devonian	Port Jervis|Ridgeley	Tentaculites,Homalonotus,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Chonetes,Rensselaeria,Spirifer,Dalmanites,Stropheodonta	WV0060				|		, -	Pocahontas	WV	In area quarries and fields	Mississippian	Hillsdale Limestone	Large silicified heads of the coral-Lithostrotionella	WV0061
 * Upper Tract:

Burr	Pocahontas	WV	along country road in small anticline	Devonian		Eodevonaria,Leptocoelia,Schellwienella,Reticularia,Styliolina,Ostracods	WV0062	No citations for a Devonian Huntsville formation			|		,
 * Burr:		|		,

Dunmore	Pocahontas	WV	almost two thirds of a mile E on N bank of Sitlington Creek	Devonian		Stromatopora,Favosites,Cladopora	WV0063				|		,
 * Dunmore:

Frost	Pocahontas	WV	nearly three fourths of a mile WNW along Sugarcamp Creek near and above a large spring	Devonian	Tonoloway Limestone	Leperditia	WV0064				|		,
 * Frost:

Green Bank	Pocahontas	WV	nearly two thirds of a mile S at bend of country road in chert and dark shale	Devonian Middle	Huntersville	Orbiculoidea,Leptocoelia,Conularia,etc	WV0065				|		,
 * Green Bank:

Beckley	Raleigh	WV	W in reclaimed strip mine	Pennsylvanian		Sandstone casts of logs
 * Beckley:

Bowden Cave	Randolph	WV		Pleistocene		Mastodon Tooth	WV0068				|		,

Elkins	Randolph	WV	nearly five miles W on WV33 on N in coal seam			ferns and wood. WV0069				|		, Elkins	Randolph	WV	nearly five miles W on WV33			Coal with fern impressions and some wood	WV0070				|		, Elkins	Randolph	WV	In road cut West of Elkins			Fossil seeds	WV0071				|		, Elkins	Randolph	WV	In roadcuts from 2005 time period road construction	Devonian	Foreknobs	ichnofossils;fish bones,teeth;brachiopods,bivalves;wood	WV0072				|		,
 * Elkins:

Berea	Ritchie	WV	At Hughes River Bridge	Permian		Reptile tracks-Dimetrodon	WV0073				|
 * Berea:

Reedy Creek	Roane	WV		Permian		Reptile-Diadectes	WV0074				|		, Sandstone	Summers	WV	Road cuts 'above' town'		Avis	A few brachiopods and corals	WV0084				|
 * Reedy Creek:	,

, Atenville	Wayne	WV	W on WV68 three miles,left on Francis Creek Rd. Near Junction of Francis Creek and Kiah Creek,right on dirt road for one mile to Rollem Fork Surface Mine #2	Pennsylvanian	Allegheny	Plants-Annularia	WV0076 Parkersburg? Wood	WV	At Albany Limestone Quarry	Pennsylvanian		Fissodus	WV0077	There does not seem to be an Albany,WV,Albany,Athens County,OH perhaps. Neither is there a plausible Pennsylvanian Albany formation			|		,
 * Atenville:
 * Parkersburg:	,

Huff Creek	Wyoming	WV	nearly two thirds of a mile N near the mouth of Laurel Branch in gray silty shale			Aviculopecten	WV0078				|		,
 * Huff Creek:

Itmann Mine	Wyoming	WV		Pennsylvanian		Lycopods-Stigmaria	WV0079				|		,
 * Itmann Mine:

Occana	Wyoming	WV	in hillside to SW and along Cedar Creek	Pennsylvanian	Cannelton Limestone	above Matewan Coal -- Aviculopecten
 * Occana:

New River Gorge	[?]	WV		Pennsylvanian Lower		abundant plants-Neuropteris
 * New River Gorge:

|	, Sulphur Spring School	Berkeley	WV	1.24 miles E along small branch near W side of Wilson Ridge	Devonian		Edriocrinus,Favosites,Orbiculoidea,Leptaena,Dalmanella,Rhipidomella	WV0003
 * Sulphur Spring School: White Sulphur Springs?

Other paleontological attractions
Things like dinosaur statues and prehistory-themed amusement park attractions.