Eurypterids of the Kokomo Limestone at Kokomo (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Indiana (40.5° N, 86.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 47.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kokomo Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• Kokomo Limestone (Salina D or higher)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; argillaceous limestone

• "Possibly quiet water lagoonal environment, with anoxic bottom conditions as suggested by the 'poker chip' laminae, which intertongue wiht BA 3 Kirkidium Community beds of rough water type. Possibly supratidal-hypersaline."

•SEP environmental call based on given information and knowledge of regional geology

• "Limestone; finely laminated, argillaceous, especially in lower portion."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14207: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• No fauna found associated on same bedding planes.
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Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Erieopteridae
Erieopterus limuloides
 Eurypterida - Onychopterellidae
Onychopterella kokomoensis
Onychopterella kokomoensis Miller and Gurley 1896 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
Carcinosoma newlini
Carcinosoma newlini Claypole 1890 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus ventricosus
 Eurypterida - Kokomopteridae
Kokomopterus longicaudatus