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Article: Trilobites from the Cedarina dakotaensis zone, lowermost part of the Deadwood Formation (Marjuman Stage, upper Cambrian), Black Hills, South Dakota
- Article from:
- Journal of Paleontology
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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ABSTRACT-Trilobites assigned to 14 genera and 14 species are reported from basal part of the Deadwood Formation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Six additional taxa are left in open nomenclature. One new species, Cedarina dakotaensis, is described. These trilobites are assigned to a new zone,
the Cedarina dakotaensis Zone, named after the most abundant trilobite species. Species of Cedarina and Modocia are the most abundant in the Cedarina dakotaensis Zone, accompanied by less common specimens of species of Arapahoia, Menomonia, Harlyoides, Welleraspis, Kormagnostus, and Kingstonia. Cedarina dakotaensis and Modocia centralis are the most abundant species in the nearshore sandstone ...