Elk Township, Vanport Unit, Vinton (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Vinton County, Ohio (39.3° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 20.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vanport Member, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. K. Brezinski, M. T. Sturgeon, and R. D. Hoare. 1989. Pennsylvanian trilobites of Ohio. Report of Investigations 142:1-18 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72008: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge scitula Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite