Wellsburg quad (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Chemung County, New York (42.3° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 24.9° W)

When: Sonyea Group, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• Late hassi to linguiformis

Environment/lithology: marine

Reposited in the CM, USNM

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 54708: authorized by Alycia Stigall, entered by Alycia Stigall on 27.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leptodesma (Leioptera) nitida" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria), Ptychopteria chemungensis
"Leptodesma (Leioptera) nitida" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster