Blenheim 28D4 (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.5° N, 74.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° S, 22.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: middle varcus conodont zone, 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 111470: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 24.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Platyterorhynchidae
"Camarotoechia mesacostales" = Katabuporhynchus mesacostalis
"Camarotoechia mesacostales" = Katabuporhynchus mesacostalis Hall 1843
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Solenida - Orthonotidae
Orthonota undulata Conrad 1841 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria dekayi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
Leptodesma spinigerum Conrad 1842 oyster