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Middle Pennsylvanian rugose corals from the Baird Formation, Klamath Mountains, northwestern California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Toshio Kawamura  and
Calvin H. Stevens
Toshio Kawamura
Affiliation:
Miyagi University of Education, Aramaki 149, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan,
Calvin H. Stevens
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA,
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Abstract

Four new species of colonial corals, one previously described coral, and two other unidentified species of coral have been recovered from the Baird Formation in the Klamath Mountains of northwestern California. The newly erected species are Heritschioides armstrongi n. sp., Pararachnastraea klamathensis n. sp., P. watkinsi n. sp., and P. kabyaiensis n. sp. These corals are associated with the fusulinids Millerella marblensis Thompson, 1944, Paramillerella Thompson, 1951, and Pseudostaffella Thompson, 1942, emend Groves, 1984, suggesting an early Atokan (Bashkirian) age. Both the coral and foraminiferal faunas bear a resemblance to those of similar age in the Brooks Range, Alaska, which could suggest geographic proximity between the two terranes at that time. These corals also represent the earliest known occurrence of the Family Durhamididae.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 513 - 520
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