Where: Floyd County, Iowa (43.1° N, 93.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 37.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cerro Gordo Member (Lime Creek Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• horizon based on feet above the base of the Cerro Gordo Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: T. L. De Keyser. 1977. Late Devonian (Frasnian) brachipod community patterns in western Canada and Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 51(1):181-196 [A. Miller/K. Layou/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6248: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 11.02.2000, edited by Alycia Stigall

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