Kokomo Formation

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

Last updated June 25, 2025

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

Brachiopods

Lingula sp.
Pentamerus divergens
Schuchertella interstriata

Cnidarians

Halysites labyrnthicus

References

↑ H. L. Alling and L. I. Briggs. 1961. Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian Cayugan Evaporites. AAPG Bulletin. 45(4):515-547
↑ Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. (1958). "Some Previously Unknown Morphological Structures of Carcinosoma newlini (Claypole)". Journal of Paleontology. 32 (2): 295–303. JSTOR 1300736.
↑ 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
↑ 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).
↑ 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". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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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

[:1-2] 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

[:0-4] 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).

[:02-5] 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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