Alfred Station (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Allegany County, New York (42.8° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 25.7° W)

When: Alfred Shale Formation (Canadaway Group), Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Late triangularis to Early marginifera

Environment/lithology: marine

Reposited in the CM, UMMP, USNM, YPM

Primary reference: A. L. Rode and B. S. Lieberman. 2004. Using GIS to unlock the interactions between biogeography, environment, and evolution in middle and Late Devonian brachiopods and bivalves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211(3-4):345-359 [A. Stigall/A. Stigall/A. Stigall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 54262: authorized by Alycia Stigall, entered by Alycia Stigall on 27.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam
constricta var. flexosa
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris angelica Hall 1861
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Platyterorhynchidae
"Leiorhynchus mesacostalis" = Katabuporhynchus mesacostalis
"Leiorhynchus mesacostalis" = Katabuporhynchus mesacostalis Hall 1843
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Sentosiidae