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Mucrospirifer profundus (Grabau, 1842)

Mucrospirifer profundus
Mucrospirifer profundus

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Mucrospiriferidae
Genus: Mucrospirifer
Species: Mucrospirifer profundus (Grabau, 1842)

Information

Geological Range

Devonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Michigan

Ohio

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Hamilton Group
Traverse Group
Silica Formation
Potter Farm Formation
Norway Point Formation

References

Stumm, Erwin, 1956, A Revision of A.W. Grabau’s Species of Mucrospirifer from the Middle Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan

Ehlers, George, 1970, Devonian Strata of Alpena and Presque Isle Counties, Michigan

Kesling, Robert, 1975 (reprinted 2012), Strata and Megafossils of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation

Chilman, Ruth, 1956, A Revision of A.W. Grabau’s Species of Mucrospirifer from the Middle Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan

Remarks

Online Resources

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Media

Images

Mucrospirifer profundus (Grabau, 1842) image
Mucrospirifer profundus (Grabau, 1842) (UMMP IP 61275)

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