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Pottsville - Lower Mercer, Ohio, USA
Group | Pottsville |
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Member | Lower Mercer |
Age: | 318 - 311 Ma Carboniferous |
Interval | Atokan |
Lithology | shale/"limestone" |
Number of Collections | 8 |
Number of Occurrences | 15 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Falls Gore Township | Hocking County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Franklin Township | Licking County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Bald Knob | Licking County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Cass Township | Muskingum County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Bartlett Run | Muskingum County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Fairview School | Muskingum County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Washington Township | Muskingum County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Elk Township | Vinton County, Ohio, USA | Pottsville - Lower Mercer |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Allegheny - Vanport | 314 - 306 Ma Carboniferous | limestone/"shale" | 4 |
Allegheny - Zaleski - Zaleski | 314 - 306 Ma Carboniferous | limestone/"shale" | 4 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Ameura missouriensis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Phillipsiidae : Ameura : Ameura missouriensis | 318.1 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous |
Ditomopyge scitula species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Phillipsiidae : Ditomopyge : Ditomopyge scitula | 318.1 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous |
Sevillia sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Sevillia | 318.1 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous |
Sevillia trinucleata species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Sevillia : Sevillia trinucleata | 318.1 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous |
Promytilus pottsvillensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Iridinidae : Promytilus : Promytilus pottsvillensis | 318.1 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous |
Aviculopecten appalachianus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Aviculopecten : Aviculopecten appalachianus | 318.1 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!