Friday, December 19, 2014

Schizophoria schnuri brachiopod from Morocco

I am aware of the brachiopod Schizophoria from fossils that I've bought or traded for from the Silica Shale of Ohio, the Lime Creek formation of Iowa and the Skaly beds of Poland. The specimens below come from the Eifelian rocks of Jebel Issomour, Morocco and are Schizophoria schnuri.

Brachial valve
Anterior
Pedicle valve
Posterior
Profile

Specimen #2
Brachial valve
Anterior
Pedicle valve
Posterior
Profile

I identified this fossil based on the paper: Middle Devonian brachiopods from the southern Maïder (eastern Anti- Atlas, Morocco). Halamski, A.T. and Baliński, A., 2013. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 83: 243–307. Thank you Odou for these fossils!

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