New occurrences of color patterns in Devonian articulate brachiopods

Abstract

Significant new occurrences of Devonian articulate brachiopods retaining color patterns includingStringocephalus burtiniDefrance from the Givetian of southern England with both concentric and radial bands, an undetermined stringocephalid brachiopod with concentric bands from the Givetian of the western Brooks Range, Alaska,Beachiacf.B. thunii(Clarke) from the mid-Early Devonian Oriskany Sandstone of Schoharie, New York, with a prominent pair of radial color bands, andAthyris vittataHall from the early Givetian Ferron Point Formation of Michigan with numerous radial color bands are illustrated. The presence of preserved color patterns is documented for the first time in members of the family Stringocephalidae King and in the family Athyrididae McCoy.