Rye Beach Roac (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Erie County, Ohio (41.4° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 30.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Huron Shale Member (Ohio Shale Formation), Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. K. Carr and W. J. Hlavin. 2010. Two new species of Dunkleosteus Lehman, 1956, from the Ohio Shale Formation (USA, Famennian) and the Kettle Point Formation (Canada, Upper Devonian), and a cladistic analysis of the Eubrachythoraci (Placodermi, Arthrodira). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(1):195-222 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 181412: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.09.2016

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Taxonomic list

Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Dunkleosteidae
Dunkleosteus raveri n. sp. Carr and Hlavin 2010 armour-plated fish