Lake Huron Beach, north of Rockport Quarry ½ miles N Alpena:Presque Isle Co (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as La Rocque Locality 54: Lake Huron Beach north Rockport Qrry 0.5 miles N Alpena:Presque Isle Co

Where: Alpena County, Michigan (45.2° N, 83.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.4° S, 51.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus ensensis conodont zone, Emanuella Member (Rogers City Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Cazenovia

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: A. La Rocque. 1949. New uncoiled gastropods from the Middle Devonian of Michigan and Manitoba. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 7(7):113-122 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85516: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.01.2009

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus (Straparollus) cottrelli n. sp." = Pseudomphalotrochus cottrelli, Mastigospira ingens n. sp., Mastigospira intermedia n. sp.
"Straparollus (Straparollus) cottrelli n. sp." = Pseudomphalotrochus cottrelli Linsley and Yochelson 1973 snail
I think that this is the type locality, but it is not 100% clear.
Mastigospira ingens n. sp. La Rocque 1949 snail
Mastigospira intermedia n. sp. La Rocque 1949 snail