A12. South end of Valcour Island, Day Point Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Clinton County, New York (44.6° N, 73.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.9° S, 100.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Day Point Formation (Chazy Group), Chazyan (471.3 - 457.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• Shale and sandstone in bands about two inches thick. Above it are 28 feet of impure limestone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 172223: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 31.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus harrisi Raymond 1905 trilobite
Asaphus beta trilobite
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia canadensis Jones 1858 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina latimarginata Raymond 1905 ostracod
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Hebertella exfoliata" = Orthambonites exfoliata
"Hebertella exfoliata" = Orthambonites exfoliata Raymond 1905
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
"Hebertella vulgaris" = Mimella vulgaris
"Hebertella vulgaris" = Mimella vulgaris Raymond 1911
 Rhynchonellida - Sphenotretidae
"Zygospira acutirostris" = Sphenotreta acutirostris
"Zygospira acutirostris" = Sphenotreta acutirostris Hall 1847
Stenolaemata
  - Phylloporinidae