Station V113. Sloop Island, Valcour Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Clinton County, New York (44.3° N, 73.3° W: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 55.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valcour Formation (Chazy Group), Chazyan (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; blue limestone

• blue limestone

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 172320: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 03.08.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
"Conocardium beecheri" = Pojetaconcha beecheri
"Conocardium beecheri" = Pojetaconcha beecheri Raymond 1905
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania sulcatina Emmons 1842 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Ambonychia curvata" = Ambonychiopsis curvata
"Ambonychia curvata" = Ambonychiopsis curvata Raymond 1905 clam
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
"Crania prona" = Petrocrania prona
"Crania prona" = Petrocrania prona Raymond 1906
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Camerella varians Billings 1859
 Orthida - Orthidiellidae
Orthidium lamellosum Raymond 1905
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
"Hebertella vulgaris" = Mimella vulgaris
"Hebertella vulgaris" = Mimella vulgaris Raymond 1911
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Rafinesquina incrassata" = Dactylogonia incrassata
"Rafinesquina incrassata" = Dactylogonia incrassata Hall 1847
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
"Rhinidictya fenestrata" = Stictopora fenestrata
"Rhinidictya fenestrata" = Stictopora fenestrata Hall 1847
  - Phylloporinidae
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Thaleops ovata, "Illaenus globosus" = Stenopareia globosus
Thaleops ovata Conrad 1843 trilobite
"Illaenus globosus" = Stenopareia globosus Billings 1859 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas minganensis Billings 1865 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus harrisi Raymond 1905 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Raymondinidae
Glaphurus pustulatus Walcott 1877 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Pseudosphaerexochus satyrus" = Pseudosphaerexochus (Nieszkowskia) satyrus Billings 1865 trilobite
"Ceraurus pompilius" = Ceraurinella pompilia Billings 1865 trilobite
Sphaerexochus parvus Billings 1865 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerops canadensis Billings 1859 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia canadensis Jones 1858 ostracod
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae