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Lamottia (Favositida, Tabulata) from the Decorah Formation (Kirkfieldian, Ordovician) of Iowa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2016

Jeffrey C. Edwards
Jeffrey C. Edwards*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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Abstract

The early tabulate coral Lamottia heroensis has been identified from the Ion Member of the Decorah Formation (Upper Ordovician) in northeast Iowa. This extends the stratigraphic range of this species upward from Lower Chazyan to Kirkfieldian, and extends the geographic range from the Vermont-New York border area to include the north-central Midcontinent. Thin section and SEM studies strongly support the contention that the longitudinal pattern of alternating light and dark bands observed in corallite walls reflects a primary structural grain rather than a secondary diagenetic feature.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , May 1988 , pp. 424 - 426
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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