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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

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