Section 7, Marvin Quarry near Afton: Givetian, Michigan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Straparollus) mortoni n. sp. Linsley and Yochelson 1973
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae
? Hypomphalocirrus rugosus Linsley 1973
Linsley 1973
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Michigan County:Cheboygan
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 84.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° South, 30.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Traverse Formation:Gravel Point Member:Upper Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:98026
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-09-17 18:08:12 Last modified:2023-09-08 14:15:38
Access level:the public Released:2010-09-17 18:08:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15162. 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]

Secondary references:

16145 R. M. Linsley. 1973. The Omphalocirridae: a new family of Palaeozoic Gastropoda which exhibits sexual dimorphism. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39(1):33-54 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]