Where: Herkimer County, New York (43.0° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 37.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Fiddler's Green Member (Bertie Limestone Formation), Cayugan (421.3 - 419.2 Ma)
• Upper part of Fiddler's Green
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Jewett
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: K. C. Caster and E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1956. Some notes on the genus Dolichopterus Hall. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):19-28 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75495: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 14.10.2007
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Taxonomic list
Euchelicerata | |
Dolichopterus jewetti n. sp.
Dolichopterus jewetti n. sp. Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 eurypterid |