Acrospirifer-Leptocoelia community, Oriskany Sandstone (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (41.4° N, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 30.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Oriskany Sandstone Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• "mid Lower Dev. (Siegen)"

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; sandstone and shale

• "mudstones and very fine grained ss. lower shoreface to offshore (underlies Costispirifer and Rensselaria communities) BA3?"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Smith. 1982. Paleoecology of the Oriskany Sandstone and equivalents of the Appalachian Basin. MS Thesis, University of Chicago 1-101 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 601: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "D.A. Smith, 1982. Paleoecology of the Oriskany Sandstone and equivalents of the Appalachian Basin. MS Thesis, Univ. Chicago. 101pp."
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unclassified
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Plethorthis sp.
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoids
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Costispirifer sp., Acrospirifer sp.
Costispirifer sp. Copper 1942
Acrospirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplotheca sp.
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Discomyorthis sp.
Discomyorthis sp. Johnson 1970
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Rensselaeria sp.
Rensselaeria sp.
originally entered as "Rensselaria sp."
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Leptocoelia sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Chonostrophiidae
Chonostrophiella sp.
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Anoplia sp.
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp.
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
Gastropoda
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
platycerids
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp.
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite