Densmore Creek at Norton Street (Silurian of the United States)
Where: Monroe County, New York (43.2° N, 77.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 27.9° S, 80.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rochester Formation (Clinton Group), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, gray, blue, calcareous shale
• Dark bluish gray shale. Some very calcareous layers. Very fossiliferous.
Primary reference: T. Gillette. 1947. The Clinton of Western and Central New York. New York State Museum Bulletin (341) [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 81840: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 16.07.2008
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Enterolasma caliculum horn coral | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia niagarensis jellyfish | |
Lophophorata | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
"Strophonella striata" = Amphistrophia striata
"Strophonella striata" = Amphistrophia striata Hall 1843 | |
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda Hall 1852 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Atrypa nodostriata" = Eospinatrypa nodostriata Hall 1852
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834 | |
"Rhynchonella bidentata" = Ancillotoechia bidentata
"Rhynchonella bidentata" = Ancillotoechia bidentata Hisinger 1827 | |
Camarotoechia neglecta Hall 1852 | |
Whitfieldella nitida Hall 1843 | |
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites Foerste 1889 | |
"Bilobites biloba" = Dicoelosia
"Bilobites biloba" = Dicoelosia | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Ceramopora imbricata Hall 1852 | |
Diploclema sparsum Hall 1852 | |
Bivalvia | |
Leptodesma rhomboideum oyster
Pterinea emacerata oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Platyceras angulatum, "Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis
Platyceras angulatum Hall 1852 snail
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis Hall 1852 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dawsonoceras annulatum Sowerby 1818 | |
Ostracoda | |
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa Hall 1852 ostracod | |
Paraechmina postica ostracod | |
Dizygopleura proutyi ostracod | |
Beyrichia veronica ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Arctinurus nereus trilobite | |
Bumastus ioxus Hall 1868 trilobite | |
Dalmanites limulurus trilobite | |
Homalonotus delphinocephalus trilobite | |
Pterobranchia | |
Dictyonema subretiforme graptolite |