Nuculoid-Modiolopsis community, Power Glen and Grimsby Fms. (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.2° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.6° S, 47.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Cycle I zone, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• "lower Lland. cycle I"

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone and shale

• "thin-bedded ss with sh partings. nearshore (BA1)"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. M. Ziegler. 1971. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 443: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 08.12.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Ziegler et al. 1971 unpublished. Schucher 1914. Fisher 1954. Bolton 1957."
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoids
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Helopora sp.
Helopora sp. Hall 1851
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Phaenopora sp.
Phaenopora sp. Hall 1851
3 species
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella sp.
Strophonella sp. Hall 1879
2 species
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Parmorthis sp." = Resserella
"Parmorthis sp." = Resserella Bancroft 1928
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp.
Stegerhynchus sp. Foerste 1909
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta sp.
Rhynchotreta sp. Hall 1879
2 species
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp.
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
2 species
Cephalopoda
 Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Protokionoceras sp.
Protokionoceras sp. Grabau and Shimer 1910
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp.
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites Conrad 1841 clam
5 species
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
8 species
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp.
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
8 species
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Cuneamya sp.
Cuneamya sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria), Cornellites sp., Pterinea sp.
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
Cornellites sp. Williams 1908 oyster
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
3 species
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodonta sp.
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema cancellatum2, "? Strophostylus cancellatus" = Strophostylus cancellata1
Cyclonema cancellatum2 Angelin and Lindström 1880 snail
"? Strophostylus cancellatus" = Strophostylus cancellata1 Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira pulchra" = Longstaffia pulchra1
"Lophospira pulchra" = Longstaffia pulchra1 M'Coy 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina -
Eotomarioidea indet.3
Eotomarioidea indet.3 Wenz 1938 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Hormotoma subulata" = Murchisonia subulata1
"Hormotoma subulata" = Murchisonia subulata1 Conrad 1842 snail
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
was Pleurotomaria
 Bellerophontida -
""Bellerophontoidea" indet." = Bellerophontoidea3
""Bellerophontoidea" indet." = Bellerophontoidea3 M'Coy 1851 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotoides boucoti3
Plectonotoides boucoti3 Peel 1974 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucania fiscellostriata" = Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata1
"Bucania fiscellostriata" = Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata1 Foerste 1887 snail
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
Isochilina sp.
Isochilina sp. Jones 1858 ostracod
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp.
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanitina sp.
Dalmanitina sp. Reed 1905 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp., Calymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis sp.
Cyphaspis sp. Burmeister 1843 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp.
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Enterolasma sp.
Enterolasma sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
1Bolton 1957; 2Schuchert 1912; 3Wagner 2023