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First recognition of the genus Verneuilia Hall and Clarke (Brachiopoda, Spiriferida) from North America (west-central Alaska)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Robert B. Blodgett  and
J. G. Johnson
Robert B. Blodgett
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, 970 National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092
J. G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331
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Abstract

The brachiopod genus Verneuilia Hall and Clarke, 1893, is recognized for the first time in North America, where it is represented by a new species described here, V. langenstrasseni. This occurrence not only extends the geographic range of the genus, but also the lower age and stratigraphic limit into the Eifelian (early Middle Devonian). Previously, the oldest known species was the type, V. cheiropteryx d'Archiac and de Verneuil, 1842, from the Givetian (late Middle Devonian) of Germany. Internal structures of V. langenstrasseni n. sp. are similar to those of genera in the ambocoeliid subfamily Rhynchospiriferinae, providing the first good evidence of a systematic relationship.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 6 , November 1994 , pp. 1240 - 1242
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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