A37. South end of Valcour Island, Valcour Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Clinton County, New York (44.6° N, 73.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 54.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valcour Formation (Chazy Group), Chazy (466.0 - 457.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Impure fossiliferous limestone in thin layers.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Raymond. 1906. The Chazy Formation and its fauna. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 3(4):498-596 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172238: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 31.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania sulcatina Emmons 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Raphistoma striatum Emmons 1842 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis fabaformis Raymond 1905 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
"Camerella longirostris" = Onychoplecia longirostris
"Camerella longirostris" = Onychoplecia longirostris Billings 1859
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Camarotoechia major" = Rostricellula major, "Camarotoechia plena" = Rostricellula plena
"Camarotoechia major" = Rostricellula major Raymond 1905
"Camarotoechia plena" = Rostricellula plena Hall 1847
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
"Plaesiomys platys" = Multicostella platys
"Plaesiomys platys" = Multicostella platys Billings 1859
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
"Hebertella vulgaris" = Mimella vulgaris
"Hebertella vulgaris" = Mimella vulgaris Raymond 1911
Stenolaemata
  - Phylloporinidae
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia canadensis Jones 1858 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina latimarginata Raymond 1905 ostracod
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphus beta trilobite
Isotelus harrisi Raymond 1905 trilobite