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Eden, USA

FormationEden
Member(s)Southgate
Age:461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
IntervalEdenian
Lithologylimestone, "limestone"/"shale"
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
CincinnatiHamilton County, Ohio, USAEden
River QuarriesCampbell County, Kentucky, USAEden

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Bellevue452 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
packstone, packstone/mudstone, "limestone"333
Clays Ferry - Point Pleasant Tongue461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
limestone/"shale"9
Cynthiana461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
limestone2
Eden - Southgate461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
limestone2
Fairview - Fairmount452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
packstone/mudstone, "limestone"/"shale", "limestone"125
Fulton461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
limestone3
Kope - Southgate453 - 445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
mudstone/packstone, "limestone"/"shale", "shale"/packstone98
Lorraine452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
limestone, "shale"/"limestone", "limestone"/"shale", "limestone"/lime mudstone146
McMillan452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
limestone5
McMillan - Bellevue452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
limestone3
McMillan - Corryville452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
limestone3

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ctenobolbina ciliata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Tetradellidae : Ctenobolbina : Ctenobolbina ciliata460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Jonesella crepidiformis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Jonesella : Jonesella crepidiformis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Cryptolithus bellulus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Cryptolithus : Cryptolithus bellulus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Cryptolithus recurvus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Cryptolithus : Cryptolithus recurvus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ectenocrinus simplex
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Homocrinida : Homocrinidae : Ectenocrinus : Ectenocrinus simplex460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Heterocrinus exiguus
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Heterocrinidae : Heterocrinus : Heterocrinus exiguus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Heterocrinus exilis
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Heterocrinidae : Heterocrinus : Heterocrinus exilis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Heterocrinus heterodactylus
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Heterocrinidae : Heterocrinus : Heterocrinus heterodactylus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Rhytimya radiata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Rhytimya : Rhytimya radiata460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Paracyrtolites carinatus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Cyrtolitidae : Paracyrtolites : Paracyrtolites carinatus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Foerste A. F. (1924) Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138 121, 1-99
Ulrich E. O. (1925) New classification of the "Heterocrinidae", Canada Geological Survey, Memoir 138, 82-106
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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