Chagrin Shale of Ohio, emphasis on arthropods, loc. 9 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Big Creek/Grand River

Where: Lake County, Ohio (41.7° N, 81.2° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 29.3° 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

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 3383: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 31.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
originally entered as "Camarotoechia spp."