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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A molded brachiopod from the Lower Carboniferous of Ohio
Source info:
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| Date: | 2015-02-20 06:10:33 |
| Blog: | Wooster Geologists  |
| URL: | http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2015/02/20/woosters-fossil-of-the-week-a-molded-brachiopod-from-the-lower-carboniferous-of-ohio/ |
Summary:
We haven’t had a local fossil featured on this blog for awhile. Above is an external mold of the spiriferid brachiopod Syringothyris typa Winchell, 1863, from the Logan Formation (Lower Carboniferous, Osagean, about 345 million years old) of southeastern Wooster, Ohio. The outcrop is along the onramp from north Route 83 to east Route 30. […]Content analysis:
Stratigraphic context:
| Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]: | Osagean [1] Logan Formation [1] |
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| Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]: | Mississippian [0.75] Carboniferous [0.75] Silurian [0.1] Paleozoic [0.8] Phanerozoic [0.8] Lower Mississippian [0.5] Upper Mississippian [0.1] Tournaisian [0.1] |
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | US | 40.1903 | -82.6695 |
| Wooster | US | 40.8056 | -81.9344 |
Keywords:
east Route 30., external mold, local fossil, Logan, molded brachiopod, north Route, Ohio, onramp, outcrop, southeastern Wooster, spiriferid brachiopod Syringothyris, typa Winchell, Uncategorized
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