Some Pennsylvanian Brachiopods
Pennsylvanian brachiopods are quite diverse. Here are a few....
Neospirifer.
Middle Creek Limestone
Kansas City Missouri.
Two species are represented here:
Echinaria.
These thin-shelled brachs are usually crushed:
Linoproductus.
Note the dendrites:
More to come....
(Ahem....)
A few more brachs....
The diminutive Punctospirifer is pretty common:
Argentine Limestone
Clay County, Missouri
Phricodothyris resembles Composita, but has fine spines:
(Can't remember the bed and locale at the moment....)
Wellerella is pretty sparse:
Cement City Limestone
Clay County, Missouri
As is the similar Pugnoides:
Hickory Creek Shale
Johnson County, Kansas
Spirifer resembles Neospirifer, but has smaller 'wings'. It is restricted to the Demoinesian:
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