Sloop Bay, Valcour Island, Crown Point Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Crown Point Formation, Chazy (466.0 - 457.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Raymond. 1916. The Pelecypoda of the Chazy Formation. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 328:325-343 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171708: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 17.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Vanuxemia limbata Raymond 1905 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Ambonychia curvata" = Ambonychiopsis curvata
"Ambonychia curvata" = Ambonychiopsis curvata Raymond 1905 clam
 Mytilida - Modiolopsidae
Whiteavsia undata Raymond 1906 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta dubiaformis Raymond 1905 clam
Ctenodonta bidorsata Raymond 1906 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Clidophorus obscurus Raymond 1905 pointed nut clam
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
"Plaesiomys platys" = Multicostella platys
"Plaesiomys platys" = Multicostella platys Billings 1859