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Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. †Isotelus †Isotelus maximus †Kindleoceras †Kionoceras †Kockelella †Lambeoceras †Leiosphaeridia †Lepidodendron †Lepidodendron aculeatum; Lingula †Liroceras – tentative report †Loxomma †Loxomma lintonensis – type locality for species †Maelonoceras ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of Ohio contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Ohio and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Fossils may be found either associated with a geological formation or at a single geographic site. Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited during a specific period of time. They usually extend for large areas, and sometimes there are different important sites in which the same formation is exposed.
No Precambrian fossils are known from Ohio, so the state's fossils record does not start until the Cambrian Period. [2] During the later part of the period, Ohio was covered in seawater and located 10 degrees south of the equator. By the end of the Cambrian the sea was shallow and the climate dry. Although marine life was diverse during the ...
It was found at the intersection of state Route 59 and state Route 261, in Franklin Township near Kent State University, according to William Ressler, who found the animal and reported it to state ...
There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales ...
The Paleo Crossing site, one of the oldest sites in Ohio, had two [5] or three [6] post holes and refuse pits that contained charcoal. From radiocarbon dating, the site was used 10,980 BP ± 75 yearsBefore Present [ 5 ] or about 9,000 B.C. [ 6 ] The post holes and an area about 150 square feet indicate that there was a structure at the site.
66-million-year-old vomit found by amateur fossil hunter. CBSNews. Updated January 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM. ... "But here is an animal, probably some kind of fish, that 66 million years ago ate sea ...