Enterolasma Assemblage, Lochkovian, Appalachian belt (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.0° N, 74.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° S, 33.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate

• "I agree [with Boucot] that this is a high diversity, low dominance community as a whole, and a BA 4-5 position seems reasonable. Conditions were marginal for corals; only solitary, nondissepimented rugosans are present, and most of these are small. Tabulate colonies are also commonly small..The limiting factor may have been mud."

Collection methods: Emphasis here is on the rugosans. Tabulates, brachiopods, and sponges present but not listed.

Primary reference: W. A., J.r. Oliver. 1999. The principal Pridolian and Lochkovian rugose coral assemblages or communities in eastern North America. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities: A case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 800-805 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24956: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Neoaxon sp.
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Demospongiae
 Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Hindia sp.
Hindia sp. Duncan 1879 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet., Favosites sp.
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet.
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Enterolasma strictum, Breviphrentis roemeri
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon rudis
Syringaxon rudis horn coral
 Rugosa -
? Enallophrentis sp. n. sp.
? Enallophrentis sp. n. sp. horn coral