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Stromatoporoid biozonation of the Cedar City Formation, Middle Devonian of Missouri

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Paul K. Birkhead*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Geology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631-1905

Abstract

The Cedar City Formation is divisible into three stromatoporoid biozones. These zones are differentiated by the mutually exclusive stratigraphic occurrences of the species 1) Syringostroma astrorhizoides, 2) Stromatoporella congregabilis and 3) Stachyodes crebrum. Chronologically, the zones range from late Emsian to early Frasnian. Lithofacies of the Cedar City are not restrictive as to the stromatoporoid species they contain.

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