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Lime Creek - Owen, USA

Formation	Lime Creek
Member	Owen
Age:	383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Interval	Frasnian
Lithology	limestone/"shale", "limestone"
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	46

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Brachiopods of Osage Springs Mbr.	Floyd County, Iowa, USA	Lime Creek - Owen
Owen	Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA	Lime Creek - Owen
Floyd County	Mower County, Minnesota, USA	Lime Creek - Owen
Hackberry Grove	Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA	Lime Creek - Owen
Dumont	Butler County, Iowa, USA	Lime Creek - Owen
F1 LCf Om	Clinton County, Iowa, USA	Lime Creek - Owen

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Coralville - Cou Falls	388 - 383 Ma Devonian		4
Lime Creek	383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian		22
Lime Creek - Cerro Gordo	383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	shale, "shale"/"limestone"	428
Lime Creek - Cerro Gordo subst.	383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian		23
Lime Creek - Independence Shale	383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian		11
Lime Creek - Juniper Hill	383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	shale	30
Little Cedar - Rapid	388 - 383 Ma Devonian	wackestone	40
Little Cedar - Solon	388 - 383 Ma Devonian		11
Cedar Valley - Lithograph City - Idlewild	383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	packstone/"reef rocks"	26
Cedar Valley - Lithograph City - Osage Springs	388 - 383 Ma Devonian	limestone/mudstone	7
Cedar Valley - Little Cedar - Rapid	388 - 383 Ma Devonian		73
Cedar Valley - Little Cedar - Solon	388 - 383 Ma Devonian		20

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Scutellum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Styginidae : *Scutellum*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Iowatrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Iowatrypa*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pseudoatrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Pseudoatrypa*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pseudoatrypa devoniana species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : Pseudoatrypa : *Pseudoatrypa devoniana*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Spinatrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Spinatrypa*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Rhipidomella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : *Rhipidomella*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Gypidula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Gypidulidae : *Gypidula*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Atribonium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Stenoscismatidae : *Atribonium*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cyrtospirifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtospiriferidae : *Cyrtospirifer*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Elita sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Elythidae : *Elita*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cranaena sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cranaenidae : *Cranaena*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Floweria prava species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Areostrophiidae : Floweria : *Floweria prava*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Schuchertella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Schuchertellidae : *Schuchertella*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Devonoproductus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Monticuliferidae : *Devonoproductus*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Douvillina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : *Douvillina*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Douvillina arcuata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : Douvillina : *Douvillina arcuata*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Nervostrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptostrophiidae : *Nervostrophia*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Strophomena (Strophodonta) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophodontidae : *Strophomena (Strophodonta)*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Strophonelloides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophodontidae : *Strophonelloides*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Charactophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Disphyllidae : *Charactophyllum*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Disphyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastraeidae : *Disphyllum*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Hexagonaria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Disphyllidae : *Hexagonaria*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Tabulophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Chonophyllidae : *Tabulophyllum*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Macgeea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastreidae : *Macgeea*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Macgeea camplanulata species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastreidae : Macgeea : *Macgeea camplanulata*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pachyphyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Phillipsastreidae : *Pachyphyllum*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pachyphyllum dumonti species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastraeidae : Pachyphyllum : *Pachyphyllum dumonti*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Paracyclas dubia species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Paracyclas : *Paracyclas dubia*	382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

References

McLean R. A., Sorauf J. E. (1988) The distribution of rugose corals in Frasnian outcrop sequences of North America, Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 379-396

Day J. (1988) The brachiopod succession of the Late Givetian-Frasnian of Iowa, Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 303-325

Hickerson W. (1992) Trilobites from the Late Givetian Solon Member, Little Cedar Formation of Eastern Iowa and Northwestern Illinois, in, The stratigraphy, paleontology, depositional and diagenetic history of the Middle-Upper Devonian Cedar Valley Group of Central and Eastern Iowa 16

Sorauf J. E. (1998) Frasnian (Upper Devonian) rugose corals from the Lime Creek and Shell Rock Formations of Iowa, Bulletins of American Paleontology 113 355, 1-159

Rode A. L., Lieberman B. S. (2004) Using GIS to unlock the interactions between biogeography, environment, and evolution in middle and Late Devonian brachiopods and bivalves, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211 3-4, 345-359

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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