Deepkill Shale, Llanvirn, Albany (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: New York (42.7° N, 73.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 56.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Deepkill Shale Formation, Llanvirn (468.0 - 458.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; black limestone and shale

• "black sh w/ some graywacke and black dolo and ls"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. B. N. Berry. 1962. Stratigraphy, zonation and age of the Schaghticoke, Deepkill, and Normanskill Shales, eastern New York. Geological Society America Bulletin 73:695-718 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 303: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "W.B.N.Berry 1962. Strat., zonation and age of the Schaghticoke, Deepkill, and Normanskill Shales, eastern New York. GSA Bull. 73:695-7[??illeg]."
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unclassified
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Eunoa sp.
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Phyllograptus sp.
Phyllograptus sp. Hall 1858 graptolite
Bed 6
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp.
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite
Beds 6 + 7
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Glyptograptus sp. graptolite
Beds 6 + 7
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Amplexograptus sp.
Amplexograptus sp. graptolite
Bed 6
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
Beds 6 + 7
 Graptoloidea - Lasiograptidae
Hallograptus sp.
Hallograptus sp. Lapworth 1876 lasiograptid
Beds 6 + 7
 Graptoloidea - Sigmagraptidae
Goniograptus sp.
Goniograptus sp. McCoy 1876 graptolite
Bed 6
 Graptoloidea - Isograptidae
Isograptus sp., Cardiograptus sp.
Isograptus sp. Moberg 1892 graptolite
Beds 6 + 7
Cardiograptus sp. graptolite
Bed 6
 Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Cryptograptus sp., Glossograptus sp.
Cryptograptus sp. graptolite
Beds 6 + 7
Glossograptus sp. graptolite
Bed 6
 Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Ptilograptus sp., Desmograptus sp.
Ptilograptus sp. graptolite
Beds 6 + 7
Desmograptus sp. graptolite
Bed 7
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Trigonograptus sp.
Trigonograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
Bed 6
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Serpulites sp.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp.
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae
Caryocaris sp.
Caryocaris sp. Salter 1863
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Shumardia sp.
Shumardia sp. Billings 1862 trilobite