Hoyt Limestone, Trempealeau age (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.2° N, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 86.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hoyt Limestone Formation, Cambrian (538.8 - 485.4 Ma)

• "Trempealeau"

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• "Cryptozoon-bearing ls and dolo; biostromal, some assoc oolite, shallow water, stromatolite bioherm, near shoreline, stable, ocean facing shelf (proximal shelf) BA1-2"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. W. Fisher. 1956. The Cambrian System of New York State. In J. Rodgers (ed.), El Sistema Cambrico XX int. Geological Congress 332-351 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 254: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "D.W. Fisher 1956. The Cambrian system of New York State, in J.Rodgers (ed) El Sistema Cambrico XX Int. Geol Congr. p332-351"
Obolellata
 Obolellida - Obolellidae
Obolella sp. Billings 1861
"Mis ID? no obolellids past M.Camb.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulepis sp. Hall 1863
Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida -
Ribeirioida indet. Kobayashi 1933
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
Matherella sp. Walcott 1912
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895
2 species
Tergomya
 Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae
Tryblidium sp. Angelin and Lindström 1880
2 species
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Mattheviidae
Matthevia sp. Walcott 1885 chiton
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Plethopeltis sp. Raymond 1913 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
Keithiella sp. Rasetti 1944 trilobite
 Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Prosaukia sp. Ulrich and Resser 1933 trilobite
Dikelocephalus sp. Owen 1852 trilobite
2 species
 Olenida - Idahoiidae
Saratogia sp. Walcott 1916 trilobite
Palaeacmaea
  -
Palaeacmaea indet. Hall and Whitfield 1872
originally entered as "Palaeacmaea sp."