Where: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (43.1° N, 87.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 28.6° S, 53.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Milwaukee Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. Eastman. 1897. On the relations of certain plates in the Dinichthyids, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative zoology at Harvard College 31:19-44more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 238125: authorized by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, entered by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland on 10.01.2025
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Placodermi | |
Eastmanosteus pustulosus Eastman 1897 armour-plated fish Holotype MCZ 1381, collected 1881, so definitely the first cement quarry
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