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Mucrospirifer prolificus Stewart, 1932

Mucrospirifer prolificus
Mucrospirifer prolificus

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Mucrospiriferidae
Genus: Mucrospirifer
Species: Mucrospirifer prolificus Stewart, 1932

Information

Geological Range

Devonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Ohio

Michigan

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Hamilton Group
Traverse Group
Ferron Point Formation
Silica Formation
Bell Shale Formation

References

Stumm, Erwin, 1951, Devonian Rocks of Southeastern Michigan and Northwestern Ohio

Kesling, Robert, 1970, Devonian Strata of Alpena and Presque Isle Counties, Michigan

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

Chilman, Ruth, 1975 (reprinted 2012), Strata and Megafossils of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation

Remarks

Online Resources

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Media

Images

Mucrospirifer prolificus Stewart, 1932 image
Mucrospirifer prolificus Stewart, 1932 (UMMP IP 12254)
Mucrospirifer prolificus Stewart, 1932 image
Mucrospirifer prolificus Stewart, 1932 (UMMP IP 56168)

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