Unspecified localities [Economy Mbr, Kope Fm]: Edenian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Primitiidae
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Richinidae
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Euprimitiidae
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Ceratopsis chambersi (Miller 1874)
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Hamilton
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 84.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.9° South, 113.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Katian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
Key time interval: Edenian
Age range of interval: 451 - 450.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Eden Formation:Kope Member:Economy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Economy beds of the Kope Fm of the Eden Group, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Ordovician in text; placed in Maysvillian following other entered collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown positions within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: unlithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of previous entered collections.
Environment:offshore
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
Database number:162345
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-22 22:41:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-22 22:41:44
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]