The Kokomo Formation is a geologic formation in Indiana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period, most notably sea scorpions.
| Kokomo Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Silurian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region |  Indiana |
| Country |  United States |
List of Known Taxa
editEurypterids
edit- Carcinosoma newlini[1][2]
- Kokomopterus longicaudatus[3]
- Erieopterus limuloides[4]
- Erieopterus ranilarva
- Onychopterella kokomensis[5]
- Leperditia ohioensis
Brachiopods
edit- Lingula sp.
- Pentamerus divergens
- Schuchertella interstriata
Cnidarians
edit- Halysites labyrnthicus
See also
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References
edit- ^ H. L. Alling and L. I. Briggs. 1961. Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian Cayugan Evaporites. AAPG Bulletin. 45(4):515-547
- ^ Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. (1958). "Some Previously Unknown Morphological Structures of Carcinosoma newlini (Claypole)". Journal of Paleontology. 32 (2): 295–303. JSTOR 1300736.
- ^ Morphology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843 V. P. Tollerton, Jr. Journal of Paleontology Vol. 63, No. 5 (Sep., 1989), pp. 642-657
- ^ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).
- ^ Miller, Samuel A.; Gurley, William F. E. (1896). "New species of Echinodermata and a new crustacean from the Paleozoic rocks". Illinois State Museum Natural History Bulletin. 10: 1–91. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019.
Sources
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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