Where: Indiana (40.5° N, 86.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 47.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kokomo Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• Kokomo Limestone (Salina D or higher)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; argillaceous limestone
•SEP environmental call based on given information and knowledge of regional geology
Size class: macrofossils
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 14207: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Euchelicerata | |
Kokomopterus longicaudatus eurypterid | |
Onychopterella kokomoensis Miller and Gurley 1896 eurypterid | |
Erieopterus limuloides eurypterid | |
Carcinosoma newlini Claypole 1890 eurypterid | |
Pterygotus ventricosus eurypterid |