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Notice of transfer of figured specimens of North American Devonian cyclocystoids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

R. William Orr
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306
Richard H. Fluegeman
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306

Extract

In 1990 (Fluegeman and Orr) the writers published a short study on known North American cyclocystoids. This enigmatic group is best represented in the United States Devonian by only two specimens, both illustrated in the 1990 report. Previously, the Cortland, New York, specimen initially described by Heaslip (1969) was housed at State University College at Cortland, New York, and the Logansport, Indiana, specimen was housed at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Both institutions recognize the importance of permanently placing these rare specimens in a proper paleontologic repository with other cyclocystoids. Therefore, these two specimens have been transferred to the curated paleontologic collection at the University of Cincinnati Geological Museum where they can be readily studied by future workers in association with a good assemblage of Ordovician specimens of the Cyclocystoidea.

Type
Paleontological Notes
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References

Fluegeman, R. H., and Orr, R. W. 1990. Occurrence of Sievertsia (Echinodermata: Cyclocystoidea) from the Middle Devonian of northern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology, 64:480481.Google Scholar
Heaslip, W. G. 1969. A new cyclocystoid (Echinodermata) from Cortland, New York, extends class stratigraphic range to Upper Devonian. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, 1:96.Google Scholar