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The Norway Point Formation is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the middle Devonian period.
Fossil content
Vertebrates
Conodonts
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Presence
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Acodina
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A. formosa
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Dundee, Bell, Alpena and Four Mile Dam formations.
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A. lanceolata
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[2]
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Also found in the Traverse Formation.
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Belodella
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B. devonicus
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Alpena and Four Mile Dam formations.
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Hindeodella
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H. germana
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse and Antrim formations.
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Icriodus
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I. cymbiformis
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Alpena and Thunder Bay formations.
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I. expansus
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Lucas, Anderdon, Dundee, Bell, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Alpena, Potter Farm and Thunder Bay formations.
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I. latericrescens latericrescens
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[2]
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Also found in the Traverse, Bell, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Newton Creek, Alpena, Four Mile Dam, Potter Farm and Thunder Bay formations.
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Ligonodina
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L. falciformis
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[2]
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Also found in the Traverse Formation and Alpena Limestone.
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Ozarkodina
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O. willsi
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Dundee, Alpena and Four Mile Dam formations.
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Polygnathus
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P. linguiformis linguiformis
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Dundee, Bell and Alpena formations.
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P. varcus
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[2]
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Also found in the Traverse, Antrim, Alpena, Four Mile Dam and Thunder Bay formations.
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Synprioniodina
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S. regularis
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[2]
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Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Dundee, Bell and Alpena formations.
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Invertebrates
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Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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Brachiopods
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Genus |
Species |
Presence
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Material |
Notes |
Images
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Chonetes
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C. pachyactis
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[3]
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Leptalosia
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L. radicans
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[3]
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Also found in the Gravel Point, Alpena, Four Mile Dam, Genshaw, Arkona and Hungry Hollow formations.
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Pentamerella
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P. pericosta
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[3]
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Also found in the Beebe School, Widder, Hungry Hollow and Logansport formations.
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Pholidostrophia
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P. ovata
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[3]
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Also found in the upper Widder Formation.
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Protoleptostrophia
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P. lirella
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[3]
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Also found in the Four Mile Dam Formation and Alpena Limestone.
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Schuchertella
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S. lirella
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At Thunder Bay River.[3]
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Sphenophragmus
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S. nanus
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[3]
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Also found in the Beebe School, Ludlowville, Wanakah and Widder formations.
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Strophodonta
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S. alpenensis
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[3]
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A strophomenid.
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Truncalosia
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T. gibbosa
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[3]
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Also found in the Genshaw, Alpena, Gravel Point, Petoskey, Potter Farm and Arkona formations, and the Hamilton Group.
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Tylothyris
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T. subvaricosa
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[4]
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Also found in the Cedar Valley, Milwaukee, Mineola, Bell, Rockport Quarry, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Alpena, Gravel Point and Potter Farm formations.
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Trilobites
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Genus |
Species |
Presence
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Material |
Notes |
Images
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Dechenella
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D. (Basidechenella) sp. A
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"Nos. 25506, 28719, 28720, and 28721".[7]
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Dipleura
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D. dekayi
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"Shales just above the Spinocyrtia zone".[7]
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Also found in the Thunder Bay Limestone.
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Eldredgeops
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E. rana
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[7]
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Originally reported as Phacops rana. Also found in the Hamilton, Hungry Hollow, Widder, Plum Brook, Prout, Ten Mile Creek, Alpena, Four Mile Dam and Gravel Point formations.
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Greenops
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G. aequituberculatus
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[7]
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Also found in the Gravel Point Formation and Dock Street clay of the Four Mile Dam Formation.
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Phacops
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P. rana
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[7]
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Moved to the genus Eldredgeops.
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Stack, Jack; Sallan, Lauren (20 September 2018). "An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan". PeerJ. 6 (2). doi:10.7717/peerj.5636.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Orr, R. William (1971). "Conodonts from Middle Devonian Strata from the Michigan Basin".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Imbrie, John (1959). "Brachiopods of the Traverse group (Devonian) of Michigan. Part 1, Dalmanellacea, Pentameracea, Strophomenacea, Orthotetacea, Chonetacea, and Productacea. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 116, article 4".
- ^ Rogers, Frederick S.; Pitrat, Charles W. (May 1987). "Distribution of Tylothyris (Brachiopoda) and its occurrence in the Traverse Group (Middle Devonian) of Michigan". Journal of Paleontology. 61 (3): 494–507. doi:10.1017/S0022336000028651. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ^ a b Watkins, J. Lloyd (1959). "Middle Devonian Auloporid Corals from the Traverse Group of Michigan". Journal of Paleontology. 33 (5): 793–808. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg Kesling, R. V.; Weiss, Martin (1953). "Ostracods from the Norway Point Formation of Michigan".
- ^ a b c d e Stumm, Erwin (1953). "Trilobites of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan" (PDF). University of Michigan Press - Museum of Paleontology.