Northern IN Stone Company Quarry (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Rensselaer Stone Company Quarry

Where: Jasper County, Indiana (40.9° N, 87.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° S, 34.2° W)

When: Muscatatuck Group, Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

• Probably Traverse Formation

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, dolomitic, calcareous dolomite

• interbedded light gray dolomite and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, original chitin, replaced with carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R.E. Plotnick. 2022. Devonian Eurypterids from Indiana and Pennsylvania. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 34(2):5-16 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225038: authorized by Roy Plotnick, entered by Roy Plotnick on 20.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp.
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid