Nuculoid-modiolopsid community, Sodus Shale (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.2° N, 75.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.7° S, 93.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Cycle IV zone, Sodus Shale Formation, Llandovery (443.1 - 432.9 Ma)

• "lower Sil. cycle IV. upper Lland."

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• "shale. BA1"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Gillette. 1947. The Clinton of Western and Central New York. New York State Museum Bulletin (341) [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 449: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 25.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• "Ziegler et al. 1971 unpublished. Gillette 1947."
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Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Helopora sp.
Helopora sp. Hall 1851
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Phaenopora sp.
Phaenopora sp. Hall 1851
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
originally entered as "Stropheodonta sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp.
Coelospira sp. Hall 1863
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
3 species
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma sp.
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp.
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea sp.
Holopea sp. Hall 1847 snail
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Zygobolbidae
Zygobolba sp.
Zygobolba sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
5 species