Age
Relative age dating of the Juniata places it in the Upper Ordovician period, being deposited between 488.3 to 443.7 (±10) million years ago. It rests conformably atop the Bald Eagle Formation in Pennsylvania and the Martinsburg Formation in Maryland, and conformably below the Tuscarora Formation.
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