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Kokomo Formation

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Kokomo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
TypeFormation
Location
Region Indiana
Country United States

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

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Eurypterids

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Brachiopods

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Cnidarians

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  • Halysites labyrnthicus

See also

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References

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  1. ^ H. L. Alling and L. I. Briggs. 1961. Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian Cayugan Evaporites. AAPG Bulletin. 45(4):515-547
  2. ^ Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. (1958). "Some Previously Unknown Morphological Structures of Carcinosoma newlini (Claypole)". Journal of Paleontology. 32 (2): 295–303. JSTOR 1300736.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ 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.

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