A22. South end of Valcour Island, Crown Point Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

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: Crown Point Formation (Chazy Group), Chazyan (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; blue 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 172227: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 31.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Eocrinoidea
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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
"Plaesiomys platys" = Multicostella platys
"Plaesiomys platys" = Multicostella platys Billings 1859
 Rhynchonellida - Sphenotretidae
"Zygospira acutirostris" = Sphenotreta acutirostris
"Zygospira acutirostris" = Sphenotreta acutirostris Hall 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Rafinesquina champlainensis" = Macrocoelia champlainensis, Rafinesquina alternata
"Rafinesquina champlainensis" = Macrocoelia champlainensis Raymond 1902
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
"Camerella longirostris" = Onychoplecia longirostris
"Camerella longirostris" = Onychoplecia longirostris Billings 1859
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Endodesma tranceps Raymond 1916 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites magnus Le Sueur 1818 snail
Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina latimarginata Raymond 1905 ostracod
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia limatula Raymond 1905 ostracod
Leperditia canadensis Jones 1858 ostracod
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas chaziensis Shaw 1968 trilobite
see Shaw (1968, p. 34)
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphus alpha trilobite
Asaphus beta trilobite
Isotelus harrisi Raymond 1905 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
"Illaenus globosus" = Stenopareia globosus
"Illaenus globosus" = Stenopareia globosus Billings 1859 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
"Pterygometopus annulatus" = Calyptaulax annulata
"Pterygometopus annulatus" = Calyptaulax annulata Raymond 1905 trilobite