Zone L bone bed Delaware ostracodes (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Franklin County, Ohio (40.0° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 31.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Delaware Formation, Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

• Zone L bone bed, No. 3, Delaware, middle Devonian

Environment/lithology: blue limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J.R. Tilman. 1984. Ostracodes of the superfamilies Beyrichiacea and Drepanellacea from Middle Devonian rocks of central Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 58(1):234-253 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228294: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 26.11.2022

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Phlyctiscapha rockportensis Tilman 1984 ostracod
 Beyrichiocopa -
Marginisulcus vadosus Tilman 1984 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Bollia stewartae Tilman 1984 ostracod
Bollia obesa Ulrich 1891 ostracod
Ulrichia (Subulrichia) concinna n. sp. Tilman 1984 ostracod
Ulrichia (Ulrichia) conradi Jones 1890 ostracod
Rimabollia bella n. gen. n. sp. Tilman 1984 ostracod
Stictobollia paucifoveata n. sp. Tilman 1984 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Aechmina longioroidea Stewart 1950 ostracod
Aechmina choanobasota Kesling 1953 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminellidae
Cornigella sp. Warthin 1930 ostracod