File:Leptodesma sp. (fossil bivalve) in limestone (Gravel Point Formation, Middle Devonian; near South Point, west of Charlevoix, Michigan, USA).jpg

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English: Leptodesma sp. - fossil bivalve in limestone from the Devonian of Michigan, USA.

This fossil bivalve is consistent with Leptodesma, which has been previously reported from the Traverse Group of Michigan (e.g., Pojeta et al., 1986).

Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia, Ostreida, Pterineidae

Stratigraphy: Gravel Point Formation, ~mid-Traverse Group, Senecan Series, upper Middle Devonian

Locality: lakeshore exposure (= bedrock flats a little above lake level) southwest of South Point, due west of roadblock along gravel road heading north from Bells Bay Beach parking area, due west of the town of Charlevoix, northwestern Charlevoix County, shores of northeastern Lake Michigan, northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, USA (vicinity of 45° 18' 42.66" North latitude, 85° 18' 30.27" West longitude)


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Pojeta et al. (1986) - Systematic paleontology of the Devonian pelecypods of Guangxi and Michigan. in: Devonian rocks and Lower and Middle Devonian pelecypods of Guangxi, China and the Traverse Group of Michigan. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1394.
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