Unspecified localities [Brassfield Limestone] (Silurian to of the United States)

Where: Adams County, Ohio (38.8° N, 83.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 54.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Brassfield Limestone Formation, Rhuddanian to Rhuddanian (443.4 - 438.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Waverly Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Silurian in text; placed in Rhuddanian-Aeronian following other entered collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection representative of formation in local area.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of previous entered collections.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated. REPOSITORY: Not stated.

Primary reference: R. S. Bassler and B. Kellett. 1934. Bibliographic Index of Paleozoic Ostracoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (1)1-500 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162336: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Ostracoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and specie-resolution identifications.
unclassified
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