Where: Saratoga County, New York (43.1° N, 73.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° S, 75.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Saukiella serotina trilobite zone, Hoyt Limestone Formation, Trempealeauan (492.5 - 485.4 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. New York Potsdam Hoyt fauna. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(9):263-289 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74540: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tergomya | |
"Triblidium cornutaforme" = Proplina cornutaformis
"Triblidium cornutaforme" = Proplina cornutaformis Walcott 1879 | |
Paragastropoda | |
Matherella saratogensis n. gen.
Matherella saratogensis n. gen. Walcott 1886 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pelagiella hoyti" = Strepsodiscus hoyti
"Pelagiella hoyti" = Strepsodiscus hoyti Walcott 1890 snail | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulella (Lingulepis) acuminata Conrad 1839 | |
Trilobita | |
Agraulos saratogensis trilobite | |
Ptychaspis speciosus trilobite | |
Dicellocephalus tribulus n. sp., "Dicellocephalus hartti" = Prosaukia hartii
Dicellocephalus tribulus n. sp. Walcott 1912 trilobite
"Dicellocephalus hartti" = Prosaukia hartii Walcott 1879 trilobite | |
Lonchocephalus calciferus trilobite |