Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Fiddlers Green Member, Herkimer Co., New York (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Herkimer County, New York (43.5° N, 75.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 25.3° S, 64.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Fiddlers Green Member (Bertie Formation), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; argillaceous dolomite

• "Considerd by Hammell (1982) to represent an upper intertidal-lower intertidal zone associated with a sabhka. Andrews et al. (1974) felt that the eurypterids lived in subtidal lagoons, associated with a sabkha. Possibly a hypersaline, BA 1 environment."

•2003:05:03 SEP environmental call based on given informatino

• "Dolomites; finely laminated, with much fine, argillaceous material."

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26087: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales -
Cooksonia sp.
Cooksonia sp. Lang 1937
Plantae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingulidae indet.
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Scorpionida
 Scorpionida -
Scorpionida indet.
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida -
Xiphosurida indet.
Xiphosurida indet. Latreille 1802
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae
Clarkeipterus testudineus, Dolichopterus jewetti, Dolichopterus herkimerensis
Clarkeipterus testudineus Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 eurypterid
Dolichopterus jewetti Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 eurypterid
Dolichopterus herkimerensis Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus remipes
Eurypterus remipes DeKay 1825 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Acutiramus macrophthalmus, Pterygotus juvensis
Acutiramus macrophthalmus Hall 1859 eurypterid