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Columbus

US / OH
40.67000, -83.17000View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Columbus is a fossil collection site in Franklin, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Olentangy Formation, dated to the Givetian (387.95–382.31 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Pseudoatrypa devoniana, Strophomena (Strophodonta).

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Olentangy
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
2

Fossils found here

Pseudoatrypa devoniana
Rhynchonellata · Atrypidae
Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Strophomenata · Strophodontidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 54903 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 40.67000, -83.17000

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