West Fulton 28W1 (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.6° N, 74.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° S, 22.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: middle varcus conodont zone, lower 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 111463: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 24.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria dekayi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria dekayi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster