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Traverse - Bell Shale, Alpena County, Michigan, USA

GroupTraverse
FormationBell Shale
Age:393 - 388 Ma
Devonian
IntervalEifelian
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Quarry of the Kelley's Island Lime and Transport CompanyAlpena County, Michigan, USATraverse - Bell Shale

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Arcyzona apobathrota
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Arcyzonidae : Arcyzona : Arcyzona apobathrota393.3 - 387.7 Ma
Devonian
Hexagonaria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Disphyllidae : Hexagonaria393.3 - 387.7 Ma
Devonian

References

Kesling R. V. (1952) Ostracods of the families Leperditellidae, Primitiidae, Drepanellidae, Aechminidae and Kirkbyidae from the Middle Devonian Bell Shale of Michigan, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 10 2, 21-44
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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