Eocoelia-protobranch community, Joslin Hill Fm. (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.2° N, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.0° S, 42.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Cycle VII zone, Joslin Hill Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• "cycle VII"

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

• "dolomitic ss with sh, BA2"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. H. Zenger. 1971. Uppermost Clinton (Middle Silurian) stratigraphy and petrology, east-central New York. University of the State of New York (417) [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 470: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 15.12.1998, edited by Pete Wagner and Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Ziegler et al. 1971 unpublished. Zenger 1971"
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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Trimerus sp.
Trimerus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp.
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Drepanellina sp.
Drepanellina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa sp.
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
originally entered as "Edridotrypa sp."
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Mesotrypa sp.
Mesotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
  - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatopora sp.
Chasmatopora sp. Eichwald 1860
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet.
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
tentaculitid
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp., Whitfieldella sp.
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira sp.
Homoeospira sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
originally entered as "Homeospira sp."
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp.
Stegerhynchus sp. Foerste 1909
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta sp.
Rhynchotreta sp. Hall 1879
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
Uncinulus sp.
Uncinulus sp. Bayle 1878
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protomegastrophia sp.
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mclearnites sp., Amphistrophia sp.
Amphistrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
originally entered as "Straporollus sp."
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina -
Murchisonioidea indet.2
Murchisonioidea indet.2 Koken 1896 snail
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.1
Bivalvia indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp., Pterinea sp., Cornellites sp.
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
Cornellites sp. Williams 1908 oyster
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca sp.
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
? Cyrtodonta sp.
? Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam
originally entered as "? Cyrtodonta sp."
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp.
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
3 species
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
Eoschizodus sp.
Eoschizodus sp. Cox 1951 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
2 species
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Pyrenomoeus sp." = Nuculites
"Pyrenomoeus sp." = Nuculites Conrad 1841 clam
1Hendy 2008; 2Wagner 2023