AbstractsBiology & Animal Science
A New Species of an Enigmatic Fossil Taxon: Ischadites n. sp., a Middle Ordovician Receptaculitid From the Great Basin, Western USA
| Institution: | University of California – Riverside |
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| Department: | Geological Sciences |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Keywords: | Paleontology; Paleoecology; Antelope Valley Limestone; Arrow Canyon Range; Great Basin; Nevada; Ordovician; receptaculitid |
| Record ID: | 2044274 |
| Full text PDF: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/25q6j3nz |
Abstract
A new species of Middle Ordovician receptaculitid is described from the Arrow Canyon Range in southeastern Nevada. <italic>Ischadites</italic> n. sp. exhibits a unique gross morphology, large body size, small, numerous outer plates, and an exceptionally large aperture to body size ratio.
