FI 3 Brachiopods C&E IA (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Iowa (42.4° N, 92.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 37.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: middle Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Solon Member (Little Cedar Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• PJW: Ellwood & Day (2006) note is the middle varcus part of the Little Cedar is the Solon member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Day. 1996. Faunal signatures of Middle-Upper Devonian depositional sequences and sea level fluctuations in the Iowa Basin: US Midcontinent. Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy: Views from the North America Craton: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 306 306:277-300 [A. Miller/J. Zambito/J. Zambito]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93842: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 04.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Floweria orthoplicata, "Schuchertella iowensis" = Floweria iowensis
"Schuchertella iowensis" = Floweria iowensis Stainbrook 1943
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta subdemissa" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta costata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta solonensis" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), Pholidostrophia iowensis
"Strophodonta subdemissa" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta costata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta solonensis" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella belanskii Stainbrook 1943
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Hypothyridinidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Schizophoria meeki" = Schizophoria (Schizophoria) macfarlanii Meek 1868
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
"Gypidula comis" = Gypidula cornuta
"Gypidula comis" = Gypidula cornuta Fenton and Fenton 1924
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae