The Ordovician in Ohio, US

Paleontology and geology

Muds from the emerging Taconic Mountains in the northeast were deposited in shallow tropical seas teeming with abundant sea floor life. Fossils of brachiopods, bryozoans, corals, and crinoids are common in the Ordovician rocks in southwestern Ohio.

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Organizations | Resources

Societies and Clubs (showing 1 of 1 listings)

Cincinnati Dry Dredgers: Website of the Cincinnati Dry Dredgers, an association of amateur geologists and fossil collectors

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Field Guides (showing 1 of 1 listings)

Cincinnati Fossils: This site lists all fossil taxa described or reported from the type Cincinnatian strata (Upper Ordovician) of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, including mollusks, arthropods, echinoderms, brachiopods, and many other groups.

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