Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Tymochtee Formation, Fayette County, Ohio: Pridoli, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella sp. Davidson 1882
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
? Protathyris sp.
Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus ornatus Leutze 1958
Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Truncatiramus perryensis
synonym of Erettopterus
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Fayette
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 84.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.4° South, 45.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Pridoli
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Pridoli
Age range of interval:423.00000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tymochtee
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: dolomite
Lithology description: "crystalline dolomite"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "Probably BA1...possibly hypersaline."
SEP environmental call based on given information
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:26079
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-10-02 10:13:27 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:14:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-10-02 10:13:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4261. R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]