Hardground community, no formation name given (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Iowa (42.0° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° S, 38.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Devonian (382.7 - 358.9 Ma)

• "U. Dev." [no formation name listed]"

Environment/lithology: marine; hardground carbonate

• "carbonate. hardground. BA3"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Palmer. 1982. Cambrian to Cretaceous changes in hardground communities. Lethaia 15(4):309-324 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 666: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 17.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "T. PAlmer, 1981. Camb. to Cret. changes in hardground communties. ms."
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Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
forams
 Rhombifera - Callocystitidae
Strobilocystites sp., Adocetocystis sp.
Adocetocystis sp. Koch and Strimple 1968
Edrioasteroidea
  - Hemicystitidae
Timeischytes sp.
Timeischytes sp. Ehlers and Kesling 1958
originally entered as "Timeischites sp."
 Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae
Agelacrinites sp.
Agelacrinites sp. Vanuxem 1842
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Lingulata
 Acrotretida -
Acrotretida indet.
Acrotretida indet. Kuhn 1949
craniid
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Reptariidae
Hernodia sp.
Hernodia sp. Hall 1883
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
Leptotrypella sp.
Leptotrypella sp. Vinassa de Regny 1921
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Pachyphyllum sp.
Pachyphyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
favositid