Where: Jefferson County, New York (43.8° N, 76.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 53.4° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Climacograptus americanus graptolite zone, Flat Creek Formation, Shermanian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)
• M5A-B on strat scale of Holland & Patzkowsky
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157341: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophon cancellatus n. sp." = Sinuites cancellatus
"Bellerophon cancellatus n. sp." = Sinuites cancellatus Hall 1847 snail | |
"Murchisonia gracilis" = Hormotoma gracilis
"Murchisonia gracilis" = Hormotoma gracilis Hall 1847 snail |