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Reference
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| Title: |
Report on Referred Fossils
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1975
(03/03)
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(In consult. with W.A. Oliver) This is a preliminary report on 5 collections from the "red bed" section (Section 43) 2 miles northeast of Shellabarger Pass. Brachiopods and corals, present in all except the upper two collections (74AR43 and 43C), are similar and all suggest a Late Devonian (Frasnian) age. Nothing about the sequence of faunas seems diagnostic for determining superposition of beds. Phyical criteria will have to be relied on for this purpose.
The corals will be studied by Oliver after his return from Africa this spring. As far as we can determine, these faunas all represent the Macgeea Zone (Frasnian). |
| Report by: |
J. Thomas Dutro
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| Referred by: |
Bruce Reed
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| | Age: | No Data |
| Formation: | Unnamed |
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| Comment: | The snails are of at least two kinds, one of which may be Orecopia, found in Frasnian age rocks of the western U.S. The corals are like those in the collections above and below this level. |
| Occurrence(s) |
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Group |
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Qty |
Notes |
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Echinoderms |
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echinoderm debris, indet. |
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| 2 |
Rugose Corals |
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Macgeea sp. |
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| 3 |
Tabulate Corals |
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Thamnopora sp. |
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| 4 |
Snails |
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gastropods, medium-spired |
abundant |
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