Where: Ashtabula County, Ohio (41.7° N, 81.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 29.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chagrin Shale Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. T. Sturgeon, W. J. Hlavin, and R. V. Kesling. 1964. Rare crustaceans from the Upper Devonian Chagrin Shale in northern Ohio. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 19(5):47-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72276: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Mesothyra sp. Hall 1888 | |
"Palaeopalaemon elegans n. sp." = Palaeopalaemon newberryi
"Palaeopalaemon elegans n. sp." = Palaeopalaemon newberryi Whitfield 1880 decapod |