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Ohio Black Shale - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

FormationOhio Black Shale
MemberCleveland
Age:365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
IntervalLate Famennian
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Intersection of I-71 and West 130th StreetCuyahoga County, Ohio, USAOhio Black Shale - Cleveland

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Callixylon sp.
genus
6Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Archaeopteridopsida : Archaeopteridales : Archaeopteridaceae : Callixylon364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Prototaxites sp.
genus
6Prototaxites364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

References

Chitaley S. (1988) The wood Callixylon from the Late Devonian of Ohio, U.S.A, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 53, 349-357
Chitaley S. (1992) On the occurrence of Prototaxites in the Cleveland Black Shale of Ohio, USA, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 72, 257-271
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!
 
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