Where: Herkimer County, New York (43.0° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 37.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fiddler's Green Member (Bertie Limestone Formation), Cayugan (421.3 - 419.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Clark & Ruedemann in 1912
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 75496: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 14.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Dolichopterus testudineus n. sp." = Clarkeipterus testudineus, Dolichopterus herkimerensis n. sp.
"Dolichopterus testudineus n. sp." = Clarkeipterus testudineus Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 eurypterid
Dolichopterus herkimerensis n. sp. Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 eurypterid One of Clarke& Ruedemann's D. testudineus specimens
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