Taxonomy, Functional Morphology and Paleoecology of the Fenestellidae and Polyporiidae (Fenestelloidea, Bryozoa) of the Warsaw Formation (Valmeyeran, Mississippian) of the Mississippi Valley

Fenestellid and polyporid Bryozoa of the Lower Mississippian Warsaw Formation of the Mississippi River outcrop belt are represented by nine genera of Fenestellidae (three of which are new--Banastella, Cubifenestella, and Apertostella) and two genera of Polyporidae. Twenty-two previously described and fifteen new species are recognized. New species are Laxifenestella coniunctistyla, Laxifenestella maculasimilis, Laxifenestella fluctuata, Minilya sivonella, Minilya paratriserialis, Banastella guensburgei, Banastella mediocreforma, Banastella delicata, Cubifenestella usitata, Cubifenestella globodensata, Apertostella foramenmajor, Apertostella crassata, Apertostella venusta, Hemitrypa aprilae, and Archimedes valmeyeri.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Snyder, Edward Mckinley

• Paleontology

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8422159

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71134