Vogel Quarry [Rapid Mbr, Cedar Valley Fm]: Givetian, Iowa
collected by Stouffer 1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
- Eunicemorpha
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Lumbriconereites sp.
Ehlers 1869
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Arabellites sp.
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Diopatraites sp.
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
- Icriodontidae
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Icriodus nodosus
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Polygnathidae
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Polygnathus decorosus
Stauffer 1938
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| corrected as Polygnathus decorosa | |||||||
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Placodermi
- Arthrodira
- Dinichthyidae
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Dinichthyidae indet.
Newberry 1888
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Iowa | County: | Johnson |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 91.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° South, 37.4° 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
| Formation: | Cedar Valley | Member: | Rapid | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,shelly/skeletal,gray lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine-grained, light gray crinoidal limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,acetic,sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Stouffer | Collection dates: | 1964 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: L. Stouffer, 1964. REPOSITORY: University of Iowa. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in manuscript and taxa mentioned in text. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 90325 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-07-16 15:36:31 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-07-16 15:36:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30334. | 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] |