Millport equivalent, Orthospirifer-Cypricardella Comm., Lower West Falls Group, (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.7° N, 74.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 23.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Millport equivalent Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• The unit described in this paper is the shelf equivalent to the Millport shale slope facies.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, gray shale and siltstone

• The fauna in this list are from delta platform and estuarine facies.

Primary reference: G. R. McGhee, Jr. and R. G. Sutton. 1985. Late Devonian marine ecosystems of the lower West Falls Group in New York. Geological Society of America Special Paper (201)199-209 [A. Miller/A. Webber]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3800: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 10.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• This list covers both minor and major elements in the community.
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unclassified
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cricoconarids indet., "bellerophontid" indet.
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris mesacostalis, Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Orthospirifer mesatrialis
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer chemungensis
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa sp.
Spinatrypa sp. Stainbrook 1951
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella vanuxemi
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hamiltonensis
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotetradidae
Goniophoria chemungensis
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Devonochonetes sp.
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Nervostrophia nervosa
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Myalina newelli
? Myalina newelli clam
originally entered as "Myalina? newelli"
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Cornellites chemungensis, Leptodesma sp., "Leiopteria nitida" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
"Leiopteria nitida" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Lyriopecten sp.
Lyriopecten sp. Hall 1877 scallop
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
? Paracyclas sp.
? Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam
originally entered as "Paracyclas? sp."
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella sp.
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Spathella typica
Spathella typica Hall 1885 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia elliptica
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
? Edmondia philipi
? Edmondia philipi clam
originally entered as "Edmondia? philipi"
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
? Eoschizodus chemungensis
? Eoschizodus chemungensis clam
originally entered as "Eoschizodus? chemungensis"
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo constricta
Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea corbuliformis
Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam