Eller, Eugene Rudy. (1941). Scolecodonts from the Windom, Middle Devonian, of Western New York. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 28: 323-340, plates XXXVII-XXXVIII.

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Eller, Eugene Rudy

1941

28: 323-340, plates XXXVII-XXXVIII

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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Publication date: "Issued June 4, 1941"

[From introduction:]
While pursuing his studies of the geology and paleontology of western New York, Dr. Irving G. Reimann of the Buffalo Museum of Science found a single specimen of a scolecodont or fossil polychaete jaw. He found the jaw on the surface of a piece of concretionary material from near the base of the Windom Member, Moscow Formation, Hamilton Group of the Devonian on White Creek near East Bethany, New York. He called my attention to this discovery and together we examined the locality thoroughly for additional jaws. No other specimens, however, were detected in the field or on the surface of the several hundred pounds of material collected. The impure limestone layer, in which the scolecodont was found, is of a concretionary structure with phosphatic nodules. It dissolves very slowly in weak acid, resulting in a residue of muddy, silicious material with some pyrite crystals. An occasional jaw was found in this residue.

America, North

Paleontology, Fossils, Paleobiology
Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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