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Russian Devonian brachiopod genera Cyrtinoides and Komiella in North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

J. G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331
R. B. Blodgett
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, National Center/MS 970, Reston, Virginia 22092

Abstract

The Middle Devonian brachiopod genus Cyrtinoides, described from the southern Urals, is a senior subjective synonym of Mucroclipeus, previously known only from eastern and western North America. The Middle and Late Devonian cyrtinid brachiopod genus Komiella, previously known only from the Timan Range of eastern Europe, is identified from west-central Alaska and Nevada. A new family Komiellidae is proposed. New species are Komiella gilberti, K. magnasulca, and K. stenoparva. Known species of both genera occupy carbonate platform foreslope facies or shelf basins, allowing open marine migration via peripheral biofacies.

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