Smithboro corals, Tioga Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Tioga County, New York (42.0° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° S, 24.6° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhinestreet Formation, Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)

• lower West Falls Group

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, silty conglomerate and sandstone

• the rugosans described here all occurred within bioclastic units, coquinites, and are associated with sandstones characterized by hummocky cross-stratification, with very poorly sorted and thinly bedded sandstones and siltstones, and with sandy or silty mudstones.

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. E. Sorauf. 1987. Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Rugose Corals from New York state. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):676-689 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6261: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.02.2000

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum orientale
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Macgeea ponderosa
Macgeea ponderosa Stumm 1960 horn coral