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Famatinorthis cf. F. turneri Levy and Nullo, 1973 (Brachiopoda, Orthida) from the Shin Brook Formation (Ordovician, Arenig) in Maine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Robert B. Neuman
Robert B. Neuman*
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Paleobiology MRC 137 National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
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Abstract

Famatinorthis cf. F. turneri Levy and Nullo, 1973, is an abundant component of a poorly preserved brachiopod assemblage in volcaniclastic rocks at one locality in the Arenig-age Shin Brook Formation in northeastern Maine. The brachiopod assemblage of the Shin Brook Formation has been classed as a Celtic biogeographic assemblage that is interpreted to have lived in cool water at mid- to high peri-Gondwanan latitudes. Famatinorthis turneri sensu stricto is one of the six brachiopod species known from coeval volcanicsrich rocks of continental margin affinities in the Famatina Range of northwestern Argentina; the presence of its congener in Maine supports the Celtic affinities of the Famatina assemblage, but its Ordovician location remains cryptic.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 71 , Issue 5 , September 1997 , pp. 812 - 815
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