Vernon-Pittsford Fms. (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.9° N, 78.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 40.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• "Vernon and Pittsford Fms."

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; green, red shale and gray, green shale

• "red and green shale (Vernon Fm.); dark gray-green shale (Pittsford Fm.); assoc. w/evaporites. BA2"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. L. Alling and L. I. Briggs. 1961. Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian Cayugan Evaporites. AAPG Bulletin 45(4):515-547 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 493: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 17.12.1998, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Alling and Briggs, 1961"
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unclassified
  -
Diaphorastoma sp.
Pteraspidomorpha
  - Cyathaspididae
Archegonaspis sp., Vernonaspis sp.
Archegonaspis sp. Jaekel 1927
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites Conrad 1841 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Cuneamya sp.
Cuneamya sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma sp., Modiolopsis sp.
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Streptomytilus sp." = Mytilarca
"Streptomytilus sp." = Mytilarca Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp., Actinopterella sp.
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
Actinopterella sp. Williams 1908 oyster
3 species
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Rutoceratidae
Trochoceras sp.
Trochoceras sp. Barrande in von Hauer 1848
 Oncocerida - Hemiphragmoceratidae
Hexameroceras sp.
Hexameroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Discosorida - Phragmoceratidae
Phragmoceras sp.
Phragmoceras sp. Broderip 1839
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Dawsonoceras sp.
Dawsonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras sp.
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp.
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp.
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Poleumita sp.
Poleumita sp. Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 snail
2 species
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Ceratiocaris sp.
Ceratiocaris sp. M'Coy 1849
3 species
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp.
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kloedenellidae
Dizygopleura sp.
Dizygopleura sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Kloedenia sp.
Kloedenia sp. Jones and Holl 1886 ostracod
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Mixopteridae
Mixopterus sp.
Mixopterus sp. Ruedemann 1921 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp.
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid
3 species
 Eurypterida - Hughmilleriidae
Hughmilleria sp.
Hughmilleria sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1951 eurypterid
2 species
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus sp.
Eurypterus sp. De Kay 1825 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Stylonuridae
Stylonurus sp.
Stylonurus sp. Page 1856 eurypterid
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp.
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
Hydrozoa
 Siphonophorida - Velellidae
"Silurovelella sp." = Plectodiscus
"Silurovelella sp." = Plectodiscus Ruedemann 1916
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. Miller 1820 jellyfish