Eurypterids of the Williamsport Mbr., Bloomsburg Fmn., at McCauley WV (Silurian of the United States)

Where: West Virginia (39.0° N, 78.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 44.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Williamsport Member (Bloomsburg Formation), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; green siltstone

• "Environment: BA 1."

•SEP environmental call based on Cotter (1998) in Landing and Johnson (1998)

• "Dark, greenish siltstone."

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14204: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• No associated fauna reported.
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
"Truncatiramus sp." = Erettopterus
"Truncatiramus sp." = Erettopterus eurypterid