A Pennsylvanian Ophiuroid from Southwestern Iowa

Authors

Roger K. Pabian, University of NebraskaFollow
Harrell L. Strimple, University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

A collection of fossils from the Doniphan Shale, Virgilian Stage, Upper Pennsylvanian contains a small ophiuroid identified as Archaeophiomusium burrisi (Miller). The discovery of the Iowa specimen lowers the lower boundary of the range-zone of this species and considerably extends its geographic distribution. The ophiuroid is associated with at least seventeen other species of marine invertebrates. Like specimens collected from the Permian of Kansas and Oklahoma, the Iowa specimen is in rock classed as shelly fades sensu LaPorte (1962).

Publication Date

March 1973

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

80

Issue

1

First Page

39

Last Page

40

Copyright

©1973 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Pabian, Roger K. and Strimple, Harrell L. (1973) "A Pennsylvanian Ophiuroid from Southwestern Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 80(1), 39-40.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol80/iss1/9