Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Williamsville Member, Buffalo, New York (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.9° N, 78.9° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 40.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Williamsville Member (Bertie Formation), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; dolomite

• "Probably BA 1, as indicated by the brachiopods and Leperditia, but more open marine conditions as indicated by the presence of additional, fully marine organisms. Ruedemann (1925) suggested that the Bertie was a 'lagoonal deposit' formed behind coral reefs, with salt hoppers indicating hypersaline conditions."

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•2003:05:03 SEP environmental call; this unit is a mixture of peritidal and lagoonal facies; based on this description, lagoonal is appropriate here

• "Dolomite, with crossbeds, and salt hopper casts."

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 26089: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Paleodictyota sp.
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
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Ascograptus sp.
Ascograptus sp. graptolite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingulidae indet.
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" sp.
"Camarotoechia" sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
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Annelida indet.
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus dekayi, Eurypterus remipes
Eurypterus dekayi Hall 1859 eurypterid
Eurypterus remipes DeKay 1825 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Strobilopteridae
Buffalopterus pustulosus
Buffalopterus pustulosus Hall 1859 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
"Paracarcinosoma scorpionis" = Eusarcana
"Paracarcinosoma scorpionis" = Eusarcana eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus cobbi, Erettopterus grandis, Acutiramus macrophthalmus
Pterygotus cobbi eurypterid
Acutiramus macrophthalmus Hall 1859 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae
Dolichopterus macocheirus, Dolichopterus siluriceps
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida -
Xiphosurida indet.
Xiphosurida indet. Latreille 1802
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp.
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Gonatocaris sp.
Hydrozoa
 Hydroida -
Inocaulis sp.
Inocaulis sp. Hall 1852
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae
Medusaegraptus sp.
Medusaegraptus sp. Ruedemann 1925