Granville: Osagean, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Brezinski 1988
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Scioto
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 82.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° South, 48.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Mississippian
10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 1-2
Key time interval: Osagean
Age range of interval: 351.9 - 342.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Waverly Formation:Logan Member:Byer
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Waverly Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Mississippian in text; placed in Osagean. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection representative of formation in local area.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of previous entered collections.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated. REPOSITORY: Not stated.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Ostracoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and specie-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:Granville [Waverly Sandstone]
Database number:162332
Authorizer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner Enterer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-22 16:12:38 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-22 16:12:38
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

52873. R. S. Bassler and B. Kellett. 1934. Bibliographic Index of Paleozoic Ostracoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (1)1-500 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

83909 D. Brezinski. 1988. Appalachian Carboniferous trilobites. Journal of Paleontology 62(6):934-945 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]