Summit 51A7-8 (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.6° N, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 22.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: middle varcus conodont zone, upper Windom Member (Moscow Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. S. Prosser. 1899. Classification and distribution of the Hamilton and Chemung series of central and eastern New York, Part 2. Annual Report of the Regents - New York State Museum, Report 51 2:65-315 [A. Miller/J. Zambito]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111443: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 24.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
"Eumetabolotoechia multicostatum" = Eumetabolotoechia multicostata
"Eumetabolotoechia multicostatum" = Eumetabolotoechia multicostata Hall 1860
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Sapphicorhynchidae
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho Hall 1860
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo emarginata Conrad 1841 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Palaeopinna flabellum Hall 1884 oyster
"Leiopteria dekayi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
"Leiopteria bigsbyi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Cardiida -
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
 Solenida - Orthonotidae
Orthonota undulata Conrad 1841 clam
 Actinodontida - Nyassidae