Onondaga-Cumberland community, Onondaga Fm. (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Maryland (39.7° N, 78.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 27.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Onondaga Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• "Formation: Onondaga (?)"

Environment/lithology: marine; green shale

• "green and drab sh. nearshore (BA2)"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. M. Kindle. 1912. The Onondaga fauna of the Allegheny region. United States Geology Survey Bulletin 508:1-144 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 611: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 28.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Kindle, 1912"
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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia sp.
Pholidostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
2 species
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia sp.
Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp.
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp.
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplotheca sp.
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp.
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
Bactrites sp.
Bactrites sp. Sandberger 1843
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp.
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp.
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp.
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Euthydesma sp.
Euthydesma sp. Hall 1885 clam