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The Ordovician in Indiana, US

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Paleontology and geology

Indiana was located south of the equator and was covered by a shallow ocean during most of the Ordovician. The majority of the Ordovician rocks in Indiana are limestones and shales, which are exposed in the southeastern part of the state. These rocks contain abundant fossils of marine organisms, such as brachiopods, bryozoans, trilobites, and corals. Many of the limestones are interpreted as storm deposits.

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Dr. Thomas W. Kammer: Specialty: Evolutionary paleoecology of Paleozoic crinoids, plus lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy of marine Mississippian rocks in the east-central United States. Field areas include West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa.

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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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