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Lamottia (Favositida, Tabulata) from the Decorah Formation (Kirkfieldian, Ordovician) of Iowa
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2016
Abstract
The early tabulate coral Lamottia heroensis has been identified from the Ion Member of the Decorah Formation (Upper Ordovician) in northeast Iowa. This extends the stratigraphic range of this species upward from Lower Chazyan to Kirkfieldian, and extends the geographic range from the Vermont-New York border area to include the north-central Midcontinent. Thin section and SEM studies strongly support the contention that the longitudinal pattern of alternating light and dark bands observed in corallite walls reflects a primary structural grain rather than a secondary diagenetic feature.
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