Chagrin Shale of Ohio, emphasis on arthropods, loc. 2 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Euclid Creek

Where: Cuyahoga County, Ohio (41.6° N, 81.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 29.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chagrin Shale Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shale and siltstone

Preservation: concretion

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

• arthropods come from concretions

Primary reference: W. E. Weidner and R. M. Feldmann. 1985. Paleoecological interpretation of the echinocarid arthropod assemblages in the Late Devonian (Famennian) Chagrin Shale, Northeastern Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):986-1004 [T. Olszewski/T. Olszewski/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3376: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 31.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
originally entered as "Camarotoechia spp."
 Ichnofossils -
"Zoophycus sp." = Zoophycos
"Zoophycus sp." = Zoophycos Massalongo 1855
originally entered as "Zoophycos sp."