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Paraparchites mazonensis n. sp. (Ostracoda) from Middle Pennsylvanian ironstone concretions of Illinois
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Title

Paraparchites mazonensis n. sp. (Ostracoda) from Middle Pennsylvanian ironstone concretions of Illinois

Title Variants

Alternative: New ostracode species

Related Titles

Series: Fieldiana, Geology, v. 37, no. 2
Series: Publication (Field Museum of Natural History), 1263

By

Sohn, I. G. (Israel Gregory),‏ ‎ 1911-2000

Field Museum of Natural History.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1977

Notes

Caption title.

"June 29, 1977."

A new ostracode species, Paraparchites mazonensis, is described from Mazon Creek concretions in the Middle Pennsylvanian Francis Creek Shale of Savage, 1927 (Desmoinesian = Westphalian C) in northeastern Illinois. The occurrence of this genus suggests a brackish water environment in the areas of formation of the ostracode-bearing ironstone concretions.

Fieldiana series has been published as Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Geology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-).

Subjects

Illinois , Ostracoda, Fossil , Paleontology , Pennsylvanian

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3528
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/77076920
OCLC: 3333680
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51516653

 

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