Unspecified localities [Economy Mbr, Kope Fm] (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Hamilton County, Ohio (39.1° N, 84.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 62.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Economy Member (Kope Formation), Edenian (451.0 - 450.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Economy beds of the Kope Fm of the Eden Group, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Ordovician in text; placed in Maysvillian following other entered collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown positions within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified shale and unlithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly 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 162345: 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.
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris cylindrica Hall 1871 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Ceratopsis chambersi Miller 1874 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Euprimitiidae
 Palaeocopida - Hollinidae
Ctenobolbina ciliata Emmons 1855 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
 Palaeocopida - Richinidae
Jonesella crepidiformis Ulrich 1890 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Primitiidae
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae