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Protosalvinia Dawson and associated conodonts of the upper Trachytera Zone, Famennian, Upper Devonian, in the eastern United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

D. Jeffrey Over ,
Remus Lazar ,
Gordon C. Baird ,
Juergen Schieber  and
Frank R. Ettensohn
D. Jeffrey Over
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York College at Geneseo, Geneseo, 14454,
Remus Lazar
Affiliation:
Exxonmobil Upstream Research Co., Houston, Texas 77027
Gordon C. Baird
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York College at Fredonia, Fredonia, 14063
Juergen Schieber
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, 47405
Frank R. Ettensohn
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40506
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Abstract

Protosalvinia first occur in association with conodonts of the Upper trachytera Zone and below the Three Lick Bed in the Ohio Shale and the Ellicott Shale of the central and northern Appalachian Basin, as well as in the Clegg Creek Member of the New Albany Shale of the Illinois Basin. In the Chattanooga Shale of the southern Appalachian Basin, Protosalvinia are found no lower than the Upper marginifera Zone or associated with obviously reworked conodonts in the Middle expansa Zone. Regionally Protosalvinia are associated with a disconformity and may be found with conodonts of the Lower expansa Zone.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 70 - 79
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