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Articulate brachiopods from the Richmondian of Tennessee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Herbert J. Howe
Herbert J. Howe*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Abstract

The Richmondian (Upper Ordovician) strata in the Central Basin of Tennessee yield an abundant and diverse fauna of brachiopods. The section consists in ascending and conformable order of the “Arnheim” and Fernvale Formations.

The following species are described: Austinella kankakensis (McChesney), Diceromyonia tersa Wang, Glyptorthis insculpta maquoketensis Ladd, Hebertella occidentalis (Hall), Onniella meeki (Miller), Paucicrura quadrata (Wang), Pionodema alberstadti n. sp., Plaesiomys bellistriatus Wang, P. proavita (Winchell and Schuchert), Platystrophia acutilirata (Conrad), P. ponderosa Foerste, Rafinesquina sp., Retrorsirostra carleyi (Hall), Strophomena planumbona (Hall), Tetraphalerella neglecta (James), Thaerodonta recedens (Sardeson), and Zygospira modesta (Hall).

Faunal comparisons confirm correlations with the Cape Limestone of southeastern Missouri, the Maquoketa Formation of Iowa, the upper part of the Viola Formation of Oklahoma, the Aleman and Cutter Formations in West Texas, and the standard Richmond section. The fauna in Tennessee connects the provincial Richmond in the Ohio Valley with the western faunas.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , March 1988 , pp. 204 - 218
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