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Eridotrypa appressa (Ulrich, 1890)

Eridotrypa appressa
Eridotrypa appressa

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Trepostomata
Family: Aisenvergiidae
Genus: Eridotrypa
Species: Eridotrypa appressa (Ulrich, 1890)

Information

Geological Range

Middle Devonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Wisconsin

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Milwaukee Formation
Lindwurm Member

References

Owen (1890): p. 458.

Nickles and Bassler (1900): p. 237.

Remarks

From Cleland (1911, p. 62): “The subcylindrical or flattened ramose branches smooth surface, and thin walled polygonal zooecia are external characters which will seperate E. appressa from all associated bryozoans.”

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Photograph of fossil of Eridotrypa appressa (MPM P16016)
Eridotrypa appressa from the Milwaukee Fm. (Lindwurm Mbr.) of the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (MPM P16016).
Photograph of fossil of Eridotrypa appressa (MPM P16017)
Eridotrypa appressa from the Milwaukee Fm. (Lindwurm Mbr.) of the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (MPM P16017).

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