The Ordovician in Ohio, US
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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.
Links to more on the Ordovician in Ohio
ResourcesSocieties and Clubs (showing 1 of 1 listings)
Cincinnati Dry Dredgers: Website of the Cincinnati Dry Dredgers, an association of amateur geologists and fossil collectors
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.
