The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limest
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A SEA WITHOUT FISH LIFE IN THE ORDOVICIAN SEA OF THE CINCINNATI REGION
David L. Meyer and Richard Arnold Davis With a chapter by Steven M. Holland
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Meyer, David L. A sea without fish: life in the Ordovician sea of the Cincinnati region / David L.
Meyer and Richard Arnold Davis; with a chapter by Steven M.
p. cm. — Includes ISBN 2.
bibliographical
978-0-253-35198-2
references (cloth:
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Fossils—Ohio—Cincinnati Region.
index.
paper) I.
Davis,
1. R. A.
II. Title. QE726. 2. M49 560'.
2008
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Holland.
(Life of the past)
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Paleontology—Ordovician. (Richard Arnold),
date-
The w o r l d w i d e f a m e o f t h e fossils a n d r o c k s o f t h e C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o , reg i o n g r e w o u t o f the labors o f m y r i a d a m a t e u r fossil c o l l e c t o r s . T h e c u r r e n t e m b o d i m e n t of those folk is t h e " D r y D r e d g e r s , " a g r o u p f o u n d e d in C i n c i n n a t i in 1942 a n d , to this day, d e d i c a t e d to c o l l e c t i n g a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h o s e fossils.
W e d e d i c a t e this v o l u m e t o t h e " D r y D r e d g e r s " a n d t o t h e h o s t o f fossil collectors they represent.
Vos salukimus!
CONTENTS
ix xiil
PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
xv REPOSITORIES OF FOSSILS ILLUSTRATED IN THIS BOOK
1 Introduction 1