Section 7, Marvin Quarry near Afton (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Cheboygan County, Michigan (45.4° N, 84.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 30.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Limestone Member (Gravel Point Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. M. Linsley and E. L. Yochelson. 1973. Devonian carrier shells (Euomphalidae) from North America and Germany. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 824:1-23 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98026: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Straparollus) mortoni n. sp. Linsley and Yochelson 1973 snail
 Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae
? Hypomphalocirrus rugosus Linsley 1973 snail