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
•SEP environmental call based on Cotter (1998) in Landing and Johnson (1998)
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Euchelicerata | |
"Truncatiramus sp." = Erettopterus
"Truncatiramus sp." = Erettopterus eurypterid |