Phosphatic microfossils from the Ordovician of the United States

Title Variants

Alternative: Phosphatic microfossils

Related Titles

Series: Fieldiana, Geology, v. 35, no. 1

Series: Publication (Field Museum of Natural History), 1214

By

Nitecki, Matthew H.

Gutschick, Raymond C. (Raymond Charles), 1913- , joint author.
Repetski, John E., , joint author.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1975

Notes

Caption title.

"October 30, 1975."

Phosphatic fossil fragments, commonly having less than 2 mm. maximum size, occur in acid residues of Ordovician rocks. A variety of fossil shapes has been found in te El Paso Group of west Texas, Simpson Group of Oklahoma, Dutchtown Formation of Missouri, and Maquoketa Group of Indiana. Excluding atermate brachiopods and conodonts, the collection reported here has greatest affinity to early ostracoderm fish and arthropods. Focus on these phosphatic microfossils can enhance our knowledge of the early evolution of phosphate-bearing organisms and their biostratigraphic significance.

Fieldiana series has been published as Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Geology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-).

Subjects

Micropaleontology , Ordovician , Paleontology , Phosphates , United States

Call Number

QE1 .F4 vol. 35, no. 1

Classification

560/.172, 550/.8 s

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2710
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/75027500
OCLC: 2120993
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51517890