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Document Type
Research
Abstract
Two specimens of an edrioasteroid in excellent preservation have been found in the Pella beds, Upper Mississippian, by Amel Priest of Peru, Iowa at an abandoned quarry northeast of Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa. The interior of the theca is exposed in the smaller specimen and the existence of a stone canal is disclosed. The species is described as Discocystis priesti, new species.
Publication Date
1966
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
73
Issue
1
First Page
260
Last Page
262
Copyright
©1966 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Strimple, H. L.
(1966)
"A New Edrioasteroid,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 73(1), 260-262.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol73/iss1/37