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Striatopora iowensis (Owen, 1839)

Striatopora iowensis
Striatopora iowensis

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Favositida
Family: Pachyporidae
Genus: Striatopora
Species: Striatopora iowensis (Owen, 1839)

Information

Geological Range

Middle Devonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Wisconsin

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Milwaukee Formation
Lindwurm Member

References

Owen (1839): p. 69.

Hall (1858): p. 479.

Cleland (1911): p. 32.

Gass et al. (2019): p. 42.

Remarks

From Hall (1858, p. 479): “Coral ramose, frequently bifurcating; branches very gradually tapering, cells somewhat distant, arranged in alternating series, subcylindrical below and gradually expanding in alternating series, subcylindrical below and gradually expanding toward the aperture, with the walls mcuh elevated on the basal and lateral margins.”

Online Resources

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Media

Images

Photograph of fossil of Striatopora iowensis (P36607).
Striatopora iowensis from the Milwaukee Fm. (Lindwurm Mbr.) of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (MPM P36607).
Photograph of fossil of Striatopora iowensis (MPM P36608).
Striatopora iowensis from the Milwaukee Fm. (Lindwurm Mbr.) of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (MPM P36608).
Photograph of fossil of Striatopora iowensis (MPM P36610).
Striatopora iowensis from the Milwaukee Fm. (Lindwurm Mbr.) of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (MPM P36608).

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