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paleonet Taxonomy help for Field Museum exhibit



Title: Taxonomy help for Field Museum exhibit
Greetings Paleonetters,

The Field Museum is revamping its life over time exhibit.  When given the specimen labels for Silurian - Devonian invertebrates, I noticed that 4 of the 5 snail species were placed in their original genus rather than their current one.  I caught this for the only bivalve and trilobite that I knew well enough to spot this.

Given this track record, I think that it is just possible that the other specimens have outdated generic classifications.  Below is a list of the species and whence the specimens came.  Many of these genus names are "classics," which makes me all the more suspicious that the species belong elsewhere.  If you know the current genus assignment (or even that the old label carries the current genus assignment), I would be sincerely grateful if you could let me know!

Thanks in advance.

Sponges
Astylospongia verrucosa
Silurian, Decatur County, Tennessee

Palaeomanon cratera
Silurian, Decatur County, Tennessee

Hydnoceras bathers
Devonian, Bath, New York

Corals
Cladopora reticulata
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Clisiophyllum conigerum
Devonian, Falls of Ohio River, Indiana

Cladopora expatiata
Devonian, Falls of Ohio River, Indiana

Michelina favositoidea
Devonian, Louisville, Kentucky

Cyathophyllum davidsoni
Devonian, Falls of Ohio River, Indiana

Favosites cymosus
Devonian, Falls of Ohio River, Indiana

Bryozoans
Monticulopora rugosa
Silurian, Tyrone, New York

Fistulipora neglecta
Silurian, Waldron, Indiana

Fenestella bifurcata
Devonian, Waldron, Indiana

Brachiopods
Spirifer radiatus
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Leptaena rhomboidalis
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Cranaena iowaensis
Devonian, Randalia, Iowa

Lingula quadrata
Devonian, Inde, Iowa

Spirifer iowensis
Devonian, Iowa City, Iowa

Cephalopod
Kinoceras cancellatum
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Trilobites
Bumastus harrisi
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Calymene celebra
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Miraspis prevosti
Silurian, Lodentz, Bohemia (= Czech Republic)

Homalonotus dekayi
Devonian, Hamilton, New York

Eurypterid
Eurypterus remipes
Silurian, Buffalo, New York

Crinoid
Eucalyptocrinus crassus
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

(And, yes, I realize that Joe and Jane Public do not care about this.  Still, it would be nice to present the most up-to-date information.  After all, that one person in a thousand who is not there just for the dinosaurs might appreciate it!)



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