V103 on the ledges a few rods south of V102 & near fence bn. middle & south farm (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as Valcour Island

Where: Clinton County, New York (44.6° N, 73.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 54.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valcour Formation (Chazy Group), Chazyan (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• All the specimens came from a thin layer of pure limestone, in which the fossils are well preserved.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the AMNH, NYSM, USNM

Primary reference: P. E. Raymond. 1906. The Chazy Formation and its fauna. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 3(4):498-596 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154577: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
"Conocardium beecheri" = Pojetaconcha beecheri
"Conocardium beecheri" = Pojetaconcha beecheri Raymond 1905
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Straparollinidae
"Trochonema hudsoni" = Straparollina hudsoni
"Trochonema hudsoni" = Straparollina hudsoni Raymond 1905 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucania catilloides" = Joleaudella catilloides
"Bucania catilloides" = Joleaudella catilloides Raymond 1906 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania sulcatina
Bucania sulcatina Emmons 1842 snail
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
Archinacella ? deformata