Vogel Quarry [Rapid Mbr, Cedar Valley Fm] (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Johnson County, Iowa (41.7° N, 91.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 37.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rapid Member (Cedar Valley Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rapid Mbr of the Cedar Valley Fm, which overlies the Solon Mbr, and is overlain by the Coralville Mbr of the same fm. AGE: upper Givetian-lower Frasnian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From loose block in quarry floor.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine-grained, light gray crinoidal limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Stouffer in 1964

Collection methods: bulk, acetic, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: L. Stouffer, 1964. REPOSITORY: University of Iowa.

Primary reference: J. J. Straka and H. A. Semken. 1969. A dinichthyid in Middle Devonian of Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 43(6):1423-1428 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90325: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in manuscript and taxa mentioned in text.
Polychaeta
 Eunicemorpha -
Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae
Dinichthyidae indet. Newberry 1888 armour-plated fish
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
"Polygnathus decorosus" = Polygnathus decorosa
"Polygnathus decorosus" = Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae