Where: Washington County, Ohio (38.8° N, 84.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° S, 62.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Kope Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• Middle Edenian age. Sample #7 collected. Details on stratigraphy and sedimentation (lithology), and additional details of gastropod and bivalve fauna are included from Novack-Gottshall and Miller (2003) [PBDB reference #18186] and field notes.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone and lithified shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, recrystallized, original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• Bulk collection made in field and weighed, cleaned, prepped, and identified in lab at University of Cincinnati. Sample dimensions are 935.5 square-cm, weighing 4997 grams. At least 23 specimens counted; 23 individuals estimated (using half of total disarticulated specimens with two parts plus number of articulated/intact specimens). Fragmented trepostome bryozoans and fragmented trilobites were counted as estimated percent cover using standard percent cover reference chart.

Primary reference: P. M. Novack-Gottshall. 1999. Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation (M.S. thesis, University of Cincinnati). 1-191 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64476: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 09.09.2006

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