Where: Erie County, New York (42.9° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 26.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wanakah Member (Ludlowville Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; gray, calcareous shale
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: K. B. Miller. 1986. Depositional Environments and Sequences, "Pleurodictyum Zone," Ludlowville Formation of Western New York. In E. Landing, C. E. Brett (eds.), Dynamic Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part I, 457:57-77 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8716: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 28.08.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Lingulata | |
Strophomenata | |
Devonochonetes coronatus Hall 1857 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842 | |
Spinocyrtia granulosa Conrad 1839 | |
Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster | |
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam | |
Trilobita | |
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite | |
Greenops boothi trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral | |
Aulocystis dichotoma tabulate coral
Aulocystis jacksoni tabulate coral |