Bertie Formation (Silurian of the United States)

Also known as Miller's Mills Quadrangle Sheet/ Passage Gulf

Where: Herkimer County, New York (42.9° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 37.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: conodont zone, Fiddlers Green Member (Bertie Formation), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic limestone

• The Bertie, a resistant dolomitic limestone, is included in the Cayugan Series which is Latest Silurian in age.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: H. P. Banks. 1974. Occurence of Cooksonia, the Oldest Vascular Land Plant Macrofossil, in the Upper Silurian of New York State. Journal of Indian Botanical Society Golden Jubilee 50A:227-235 [P. Gensel/A. Tuell/A. Tuell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20664: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Allison Tuell on 03.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Eurypterida
 Eurypterida -
Eurypterida indet.
Eurypterida indet. Burmeister 1843 eurypterid
most common fossils
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales -
Cooksonia sp.
Cooksonia sp. Lang 1937
consists of eight or more curved axes
Hostinella
  -
Hostinella silurica
Hostinella silurica
Goldring 1925 report, ?vascular