Falls of the Ohio (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Indiana (38.3° N, 85.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 34.5° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beechwood Limestone Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 1989. Taxonomy and paleoecology of Devonian rostroconch mollusks from Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):838-846 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154695: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.03.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
"Hippocardia cunea" = Hoareicardia cunea Conrad 1840
pl. 48 f. 12-14
 Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae
Bigalea ohioensis n. sp. Pojeta and Runnegar 1976
This is not certain, but it seems likely given the preservation and vague locality notes.