FI 8 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: upper subterminus conodont zone, Coralville Formation (Cedar Valley Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• group-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 93847: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 04.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Seratrypa rotunda" = Desquamatia (Seratrypa), "Independatrypa randalia" = Desquamatia (Independatrypa), Pseudoatrypa minor, "Neatrypa waterlooensis" = Devonatrypa
"Seratrypa rotunda" = Desquamatia (Seratrypa)
"Independatrypa randalia" = Desquamatia (Independatrypa)
"Neatrypa waterlooensis" = Devonatrypa
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Atribonium subovata Savage 1921
 Pentamerida -
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella belanskii Stainbrook 1943
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Schuchertella iowensis" = Floweria iowensis
"Schuchertella iowensis" = Floweria iowensis Stainbrook 1943
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta parva" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta plicata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta randalia" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), Pholidostrophia iowensis
"Strophodonta parva" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta plicata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta randalia" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae