BC2gcsh3, Brown's Creek, Centerfield LS, Livingston Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Livingston County, New York (42.9° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 25.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Centerfield Member (Skaneateles Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, gray, calcareous shale

• medium gray calcareous shale, some cm-scale interbedded limestone lenses present in lower portion of the shale unit, rich in rugose corals

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K. M. Bezusko. 2001. Biotic Interaction Versus Abiotic Response as Mediators of Biodiversity in the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Upper Hamilton Group of New York State. University of Cincinnati 1-122 [A. Miller/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10543: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.05.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Eridophyllum sp.
Eridophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides sp.
Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer sp.
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer sp.
Mucrospirifer sp. Grabau 1931
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet.
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Dipleura sp.
Dipleura sp. Green 1832 trilobite