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Marpolia spissa

Marpolia spissa C. Walcott Smithsonian Misc. Collect., 67(3): 234. 26 Dec 1919
Name
Marpolia spissa
Rank
Species
Generic Name
[Genus] Marpolia
Authors (Pub.)
Walcott C. D.  
Publication
Middle Cambrian algae [1919/12]
Journal
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections
Volume
67
Issue
3
Page number
234
Year
1919
Fossil Status
thallus
Stratigraphy
Cambrian
Strat. comment
Stephen Formation
Location
Middle Cambrian (Burgess shale member of the Stephen formation): on the west slope of the ridge between Mount Field and Wapta Peak, one mile (1.6 km.) north-east of Burgess Pass; &) Ogygopsis zone of the Stephen Formation: at the great “fossil bed” on the northwest slope of Mount Stephen, both above Field on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, British Columbia, Canada
Paleoregion
Laurentia
Data for Lectotypus
Designated by
R.-D. Yang, J.-R. Mao, Y.-L. Zhao, Acta Bot. Sin., 43(7): 744. 2001
Repository
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Repository Number
USNM P 35403
Data for Not defined
Repository
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Repository Number
USNM P 35403, 35404, 35405
Num
52: 1, 1a-b
Pub.
Middle Cambrian algae [1919/12]
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