Niagara Gorge section 1, Rochester Fm. (41.9 - 43.0 m), Niagara Falls, Ontario (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (43.1° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° S, 44.8° W)

When: Kockelella ranuliformis - K. amsdeni zone, Rochester Shale Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• interval 41.9 - 43.0 m

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• mostly shale w/small beds of limestone, according to strat column. no environment info given.

Primary reference: M. A. Kleffner. 1991. Conodont biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Clinton Group and the Lockport Group (Silurian) in the Niagara Gorge region, New York and Ontario. Journal of Paleontology 65(3):500-511 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 755: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 04.03.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• conodonts only
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Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus unicostatus
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
"Ozarkodina rhenana" = Ozarkodina sagitta rhenana
"Ozarkodina rhenana" = Ozarkodina sagitta rhenana Walliser 1964 conodont
rhenana