Culpeper Basin

The Culpeper Basin is one of the Newark Supergroup's Triassic rift basins.[1] It frames the eastern front of the Appalachian Mountains From Culpeper County, Virginia into Maryland.[1] The Groveton Member of the Bull Run Formation is exposed there.[1] The formations has produced disarticulated fish remains including isolated bones and scales.[1]

Footnotes
  1. "Manassas National Battlefield Park," Hunt, Santucci, and Kenworthy (2006); page 64.

References
  • Hunt, ReBecca K., Vincent L. Santucci and Jason Kenworthy. 2006. "A preliminary inventory of fossil fish from National Park Service units." in S.G. Lucas, J.A. Spielmann, P.M. Hester, J.P. Kenworthy, and V.L. Santucci (ed.s), Fossils from Federal Lands. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 34, pp. 63–69.
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