FI 5 Brachiopods C&E IA: Givetian, Iowa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae
Lingulodiscina marginalis
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea telleri
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula milwaukiensis
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra sheldoni
Petrocrania familica
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella subarata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris subvaricosa
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita subundifera
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Eosyringothyris aspera
Orthospirifer iowensis
Orthospirifer parryanus
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Independatrypa independensis
spelled with current rank as Desquamatia (Independatrypa)
Seratrypa brandonensis
spelled with current rank as Desquamatia (Seratrypa)
Pseudoatrypa bentonensis
Spinatrypa bellula
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris vittata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina triquetra
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella cuneata
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria "iowensis" (Hall 1858)
recombined as Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Rensselandia cordiforme
synonym of Newberria
Rensselandia johanni
synonym of Newberria
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena inflata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia fragilis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Striatochonetes schucherti
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Strophodonta halli
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Strophodonta umbonata Cooper and Dutro 1982
Pholidostrophia iowensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Dichacaenia harberti
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Schuchertella iowensis Stainbrook 1943
recombined as Floweria iowensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Iowa
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 92.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° South, 37.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian Conodont zone: hermanni
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cedar Valley Formation:Little Cedar
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:93844
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Zambito
Modifier:J. Zambito Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-04 18:48:47 Last modified:2010-02-08 20:52:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-02-04 18:48:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31909. 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]