Also known as "trilobite bed" of the lower Waynesville Formation
Where: Warrnet County, Ohio (39.3° N, 84.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 58.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Waynesville Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)
• lower Waynesville Formation, in the “trilobite bed.” "Trilobite bed” may correspond to the Trilobite shale unit of (Frey 1987)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K.E. Caster and E.N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1964. Upper Ordovician eurypterids of Ohio. Palaeontographica Americana 4(32):301-358 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 204993: authorized by Roy Plotnick, entered by Roy Plotnick on 02.10.2019
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Taxonomic list
Euchelicerata | |
Megalograptus williamsae Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1964 eurypterid | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite |