Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Holland Quarry Shale, Toledo (Devonian to of the United States)

Where: Ohio (41.7° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 40.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holland Quarry Shale Formation, Lochkovian to Lochkovian (419.2 - 407.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; black, sandy shale

• "Fagerstrom (1967), based on local stratigraphy, the lithology, and the poor preservation of the marine organisms, considered the H.Q.Shale to represent an estuarine environment, a 'small, stagnant embayment occyping a previously eroded channel.' BA 1(?) or nonmarine."

•SEP environmental call basd on given information

• "black shale"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1961. Eurypterids of the Devonian Holland Quarry Shale of Ohio. Fieldiana: Geology 1961 14(5):79-98 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26874: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 06.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Plantae indet., Echinodermata indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
pelmatozoans
Pteraspidomorpha
 Pteraspidiformes - Protopteraspididae
Zascinaspis sp.
Zascinaspis sp. Stensiu 1958
Pteraspidomorphi
 Pteraspidomorphes -
Allocryptaspis sp.
Chondrichthyes
  -
Onchus sp.
Onchus sp. Agassiz 1837 spiny fish
Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Actinolepidae
Aethaspis sp.
Aethaspis sp. Denison 1958 armour-plated fish
unclassified
  -
Annelida indet.
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet.
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae
Dolichopterus asperatus
Dolichopterus asperatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Strobilopteridae
"Syntomopterus richardsoni" = Strobilopterus richardsoni
"Syntomopterus richardsoni" = Strobilopterus richardsoni Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Erettopterus saetiger, Pterygotus carmani
Pterygotus carmani Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 eurypterid
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
? Welleria sp.
? Welleria sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod