SE of Madison, Ashtabula (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Ashtabula County, Ohio (41.7° N, 81.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.3° S, 46.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chagrin Shale Formation, Famennian (372.1 - 358.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. T. Sturgeon, W. J. Hlavin, and R. V. Kesling. 1964. Rare crustaceans from the Upper Devonian Chagrin Shale in northern Ohio. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 19(5):47-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72276: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Rhinocarididae
Mesothyra sp. Hall 1888
 Archaeostraca -
Echinocaris sp. Whitfield 1880
Echinocaris ohioensis n. sp. Sturgeon et al. 1964
Echinocaris sublevis Whitfield 1880
Echinocaris multinodosa Whitfield 1880
 Decapoda - Palaeopalaemonidae
"Palaeopalaemon elegans n. sp." = Palaeopalaemon newberryi
"Palaeopalaemon elegans n. sp." = Palaeopalaemon newberryi Whitfield 1880 decapod