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An ichthyofauna from the subsurface Devonian of northwestern Iowa and its biostratigraphic and paleoecologic significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Glenn W. Storrs
Glenn W. Storrs*
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Department of Geology and Geophysics and Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
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Abstract

A fauna of disarticulated Devonian fossil fish remains includes osteolepid, palaeoniscoid, acanthodian, placoderm, and possible agnathan material. Lithologic and biostratigraphic evidence for a lacustrine or paludal environmental interpretation is examined. Palynomorphs from the deposit suggest a Middle (Givetian) to early Late (Frasnian) Devonian age which is compatible with the faunal evidence.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , March 1987 , pp. 363 - 374
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