Cape (Fernvale), Cape Girardeau (Ordovician to of the United States)

Where: Missouri (37.3° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.1° S, 66.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cape Limestone Formation, Edenian to Edenian (451.0 - 449.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. J. Howe. 1966. The brachiopod genus Lepidocyclus from the Cape (Fernvale) Limestone (Ordovician) of Oklahoma and Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 40(2):258-268 [S. Holland/S. Holland/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35291: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 25.11.2003

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Lepidocyclus oblongus n. sp., "? Lepidocyclus capax" = Hiscobeccus capax
Lepidocyclus oblongus n. sp. Howe 1966
"? Lepidocyclus capax" = Hiscobeccus capax Conrad 1842