Liospira community, Kings Falls Fm. (lower Trenton Group) (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: New York (43.2° N, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 58.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Kings Falls Formation, Middle Ordovician (470.0 - 458.4 Ma)

• "M. Ord. (Trenton)."

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; carbonate

• "carbonate. near shoreline (shoaling) BA3. stable shelf"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Titus. 1982. Fossil Communities of the Middle Trenton Group (Ordovician) of New York State. Journal of Paleontology 56:477-485 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 333: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Titus and Cameron, 1976. R.Titus 1982. Fossil communities of the Middle Trenton Group (Ord) of NY state. J.Paleo 56:477-485"
Show authors, comments, and common names
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Glyptocrinidae
Glyptocrinus sp., Schizocrinus sp.
Glyptocrinus sp. Hall 1847 Sea lily
Schizocrinus sp. Hall 1847 Sea lily
 Camerata - Reteocrinidae
Reteocrinus sp.
Reteocrinus sp. Billings 1859 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
Dendrocrinus sp.
Dendrocrinus sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily
 Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Iocrinus sp.
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866 Sea lily
 Homocrinida - Cincinnaticrinidae
Cincinnaticrinus sp.
Cincinnaticrinus sp. Warn and Strimple 1977 Sea lily
 Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae
Cheirocrinus sp.
Cheirocrinus sp. Eichwald 1856
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea indet.
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
asteroid
Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus sp.
Drepanoistodus sp. Lindstrom 1971 conodont
2 species
 Prioniodontida - Polyplacognathidae
Polyplacognathus sp.
Polyplacognathus sp. Stauffer 1935 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Oistodontidae
Oistodus sp.
Oistodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
Phragmodus sp.
Phragmodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Plectodina sp.
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp., Belodina sp.
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
Belodina sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
2 species
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp.
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura sp.
Paucicrura sp. Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis sp., Doleroides sp.
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Doleroides sp. Cooper 1930
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sp.
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
4 species
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp.
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Anazyga sp.
Anazyga sp. Davidson 1882
 Atrypida - Protozygidae
Protozyga sp.
Protozyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina sp.
Parastrophina sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp.
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Trigrammaria sp., Oepikina sp.
Trigrammaria sp. Wilson 1945
originally entered as "Trigammaria sp."
Oepikina sp. Salmon 1942
4 species
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp.
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Bythopora sp.
Bythopora sp. Miller and Dyer 1878
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa sp.
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora sp.
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Prasopora sp.
Prasopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Pachydictya sp., Stictopora sp.
Pachydictya sp. Ulrich 1882
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Graptodictya sp.
Graptodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Stictoporellidae
Pseudostictoporella sp.
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp., Ulrichostylus sp.
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
Ulrichostylus sp. Bassler 1952
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Vanuxemia sp.
Vanuxemia sp. Billings 1858 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Phragmolites sp.
Phragmolites sp. Conrad 1838 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira sp.
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospiridae indet.
Lophospiridae indet. Wenz 1938 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Fusispira sp., Subulites sp.
Fusispira sp. Hall 1872 snail
Subulites sp. Emmons 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp.
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
2 species
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp.
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea sp.
Holopea sp. Hall 1847 snail
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Oncoceras sp.
Oncoceras sp. Hall 1847
 Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Geisonoceras sp.
Geisonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp.
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calliops sp.
Calliops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurus sp.
Ceraurus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Hemiarges sp.
Hemiarges sp. Gürich 1901 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus sp.
Bumastus sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp.
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral