A new hydrozoan from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois
By: [by] Matthew H. Nitecki -- and Eugene S. Richardson, Jr. --
Contributors: Richardson, Eugene Stanley, 1916- joint author.
Series: Fieldiana -- v. 30, no. 1; [Field Museum of Natural History] Publication -- 1149; Publication (Field Museum of Natural History) -- 1149.
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Chicago
Subjects: Drevotella proteana; Paleontology -- Pennsylvanian; Paleontology -- Illinois
Other titles: New hydrozoan
Description: Drevotella proteana, a new genus and species of colonial hydrozoan, is described from the Middle Pennsylvanian Francis Creek Shale of the Mazon Creek area of northeastern Illinois. It is represented by numerous specimens preserved in iron-stone concretions in which the large, irregularly branched colonies appear as flattened impressions visible by virtue of color contrast.