Thunder Bay Region (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Thunder Bay Region - Upper Petoskey brach list addenda

Where: Michigan (45.3° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 30.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: middle-upper Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Upper Member (Petoskey Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. C. Stumm. 1961. Addenda to the Check List of Fossil Invertebrates Described from the Traverse Group of Michigan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 17(5):149-171 [A. Miller/J. Zambito/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96308: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 31.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta "sp. C"" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta heteromys" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta levidensa" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), Pholidostrophia "sp. A"
"Strophodonta "sp. C"" = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
"Strophodonta heteromys" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta levidensa" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Pholidostrophia "sp. A" Hall and Clarke 1892