State fossils - Ohio

[paleo@ix.netcom.com (Glen J. Kuban)]

John Schneiderman added Ohio: _Isotelus gigas_ (a trilobite) to the 
list of state fossils.  It should be noted that this was specifically 
designated the state invertebrate fossil, to leave room for a state 
vertebrate fossil.  As a candidate for that many in Cleveland favor  
_Dunkelosteous_, the large "terrible fish" (a Devonian arthrodire) from 
the Cleveland Shale.  It was named after the late Dr. Dunkle, a curator 
at CMNH who worked on many of the early fish finds here.  

Glen J. Kuban
paleo@ix.netcom.com
Cleveland, OH