A new species of Droharhynchia (Brachiopoda) from the lower Middle Devonian (Eifelian) of west-central Alaska

A new species of the genus Droharhynchia Sartenaer is established from lower Eifelian strata of west-central Alaska and the northwestern Brooks Range of Alaska. Droharhynchia rzhonsnitskayae n. sp. occurs in the Cheeneetnuk Limestone of the McGrath A-5 quadrangle, west-central Alaska, and the Baird...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Paleontology
Main Authors: Baxter, Mary E., Blodgett, Robert B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
Subjects:
Paleontology
Arctic
Quadrangle
McGrath
Brooks Range
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000034223
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000034223
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Summary:A new species of the genus Droharhynchia Sartenaer is established from lower Eifelian strata of west-central Alaska and the northwestern Brooks Range of Alaska. Droharhynchia rzhonsnitskayae n. sp. occurs in the Cheeneetnuk Limestone of the McGrath A-5 quadrangle, west-central Alaska, and the Baird Group of the Howard Pass B-5 quadrangle, northwestern Alaska. These occurrences extend the lower biostratigraphic range of both the genus and the subfamily Hadrorhynchiinae into the Eifelian. They also suggest close geographic proximity of the Farewell terrane of southwestern and west-central Alaska and the Arctic Alaska superterrane of northern Alaska during Devonian time.

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