FI 9 Brachiopods C&E IA (Devonian to of the United States)

Where: Iowa (42.4° N, 92.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° S, 37.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: norrisi and MN 1-2 conodont zone, Lithograph City Formation (Cedar Valley Group), Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 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 93848: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 04.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa sp. Stainbrook 1951
"Independatrypa scutiformis" = Desquamatia (Independatrypa)
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria lata Stainbrook 1940
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina "sp. C" Davidson 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Hadrorhynchiidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta iowensis" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta iowensis" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae