Eocoelia community, Bear Creek, Furnaceville, Thorold, Reynales, Oneida, Walcott (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.2° N, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 45.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Cycles II, III, IV zone, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• "L. Sil. ?upper Llandovery, cycles II-IV. Bear Creek, Furnaceville, Thorold, Reynales, Oneida, Walcott Furnace Ore Fms."

Environment/lithology: marine; hematitic sandstone and shale

• "interbedded sh, ss, and ls. some hematite and hematitic ls. BA2"

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 451: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 10.12.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Ziegler et al. 1971 unpublished. Gillette 1947."
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania sp. Hall 1847 snail
2 species
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Cyclora sp. Hall 1845 snail
Holopea sp. Hall 1847 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Strophostylus sp. Hall 1859 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
2 species
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Pyrenomoeus sp." = Nuculites
"Pyrenomoeus sp." = Nuculites Conrad 1841 clam
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
2 species - originally entered as "Stropheodonta sp."
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella sp. Hall 1879
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta sp. Hall 1879
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
2 species
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentamerus sp. Sowerby 1813
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp. Hall 1863
2 species
 Athyridida - Hyattidinidae
Hyattidina sp. Schuchert 1913
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Phaenopora sp. Hall 1851
3 species
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
Helopora sp. Hall 1851
  - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatopora sp. Eichwald 1860
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Ostracoda
 Beyrichiacea - Zygobolbidae
Mastigobolbina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
2 species
Zygobolba sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
8 species
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Calymenella sp. Bergeron 1890 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
2 species
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
Crinoidea
 Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
Dendrocrinus sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite