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

Where: Ashtabula County, Ohio (41.7° N, 81.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 29.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chagrin Shale Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 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

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Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca -
Echinocaris multinodosa, Echinocaris cf. multinodosa, Echinocaris sublevis, Echinocaris pulchra n. sp., Echinocaris ohioensis n. sp., Echinocaris sp., Mesothyra sp.
Mesothyra sp. Hall 1888
Palaeopalaemonida
 Palaeopalaemonoidea - Palaeopalaemonidae
Palaeopalaemon elegans n. sp.