Kokomo Formation

Kokomo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
Type	Formation
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

Eurypterids

• Carcinosoma newlini[1][2]
• Kokomopterus longicaudatus[3]
• Erieopterus limuloides[4]
• Erieopterus ranilarva
• Onychopterella kokomensis[5]
• Leperditia ohioensis

Brachiopods

• Lingula sp.
• Pentamerus divergens
• Schuchertella interstriata

Cnidarians

• Halysites labyrnthicus

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Indiana

References

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.

Sources

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.