PBDB Collection

Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Pittsford Shale, Pittsford, New York (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.1° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 41.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pittsford Shale Member (Vernon Shale Formation), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; pyritic, black shale and green mudstone

• "The lithology and associated biota appear to indicate a very shallow, marginal marine setting, possibly lagoonal and probably brackish...A BA 1 assignment is reasonable."

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•2003:04:06 SEP environmental call based on liimited lithologic description and overall context of Salina Formation (to which Vernon has been refered to as member by some authors). NOTE: stratigraphically near evaporites and within a restricted basin; periodically experiences more normal marine conditions with increased tidal flushing

• "Black shale with pyrite in sequence of green, friable mudstone, olive calcareous mudstone,and argillaceous dolomite (below), and green and red mudstone (above)."

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26080: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.10.2002, edited by Roy Plotnick

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
Lingulida - Lingulidae	Lingula semina³ Lingula semina³
Euchelicerata
Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae	Carcinosoma spiniferum² Carcinosoma spiniferum² eurypterid
Eurypterida - Mixopteridae	Mixopterus multispinosus Mixopterus multispinosus eurypterid
Eurypterida - Hughmilleriidae	Hughmilleria socialis Hughmilleria socialis Sarle 1903 eurypterid
Eurypterida - Pterygotidae	Erettopterus osiliensis¹, Pterygotus ? sarlei¹ Erettopterus osiliensis¹ eurypterid Pterygotus ? sarlei¹ eurypterid
Eurypterida - Eurypteridae	Eurypterus pittsfordensis Eurypterus pittsfordensis Sarle 1903 eurypterid

Euchelicerata -	Pseudoniscus roosevelti³ Pseudoniscus roosevelti³
Ostracoda
Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae	Leperditia scalaris³ Leperditia scalaris³ ostracod
Malacostraca
Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae	Ceratiocaris praecedens³ Ceratiocaris praecedens³ Clarke 1901
Archaeostraca -	"Emmelzoe decora" = Gonatocaris decora³ "Emmelzoe decora" = Gonatocaris decora³ Clarke 1901

¹Ciurca and Tetlie 2007; ²Kjellesvig-Waering and Heubusch 1962; ³Ruedemann 1921