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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 ...
This list of the prehistoric life of Ohio contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Ohio. Precambrian [ edit ]
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.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Ohio Shale is a geologic formation in Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. See also
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Ohio: Country United ... The Plum Brook Shale is a geologic formation in Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian ...
State fossils are distinct from other state emblems like state dinosaurs, state stones, state minerals, state gemstones or state rocks and a state may designate one, a few, or all of those. For example, in Arizona , the state stone is turquoise and the state dinosaur is Sonorasaurus thompsoni yet the state fossil is petrified wood .
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item ... The Mount Auburn Formation is a geologic formation in Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician ...
Ohio's State Invertebrate Fossil, is a trilobite found in the formation. The Southern Hemisphere where Ohio was located at the end of the Ordovician experienced a widespread glaciation, around 438 million years ago. Sea level dropped due to the glaciation, accompanied by a subsidence of the land.