Kokomo Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Indiana, USA}}
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The Kokomo Formation is a geologic formation in Indiana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period, most notably sea scorpions.
List of Known Taxa
= Eurypterids =
- Carcinosoma newliniH. L. Alling and L. I. Briggs. 1961. Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian Cayugan Evaporites. AAPG Bulletin. 45(4):515-547{{Cite journal|last=Kjellesvig-Waering|first=Erik N.|date=1958|title=Some Previously Unknown Morphological Structures of Carcinosoma newlini (Claypole)|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=32|issue=2|pages=295–303|jstor=1300736}}
- Kokomopterus longicaudatusMorphology, 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
- Erieopterus limuloidesDunlop, 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).
- Erieopterus ranilarva
- Onychopterella kokomensis{{cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=Samuel A.|last2=Gurley|first2=William F. E.|year=1896|title=New species of Echinodermata and a new crustacean from the Paleozoic rocks|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34925|url-status=live|journal=Illinois State Museum Natural History Bulletin|volume=10|pages=1–91|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510111825/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34925|archive-date=10 May 2019}}
- Leperditia ohioensis
= Brachiopods =
- Lingula sp.
- Pentamerus divergens
- Schuchertella interstriata
= Cnidarians =
- Halysites {{not a typo|labyrnthicus}}
See also
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Indiana|Paleontology}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021|df= dmy-all}}
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Category:Silurian southern paleotemperate deposits
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