Cayuta - Bald Mountain (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Tompkins County, New York (42.3° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 24.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Cayuta Member (Chemung Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1956. The Ammonoids Koenenites and Beloceras in the Upper Devonian of New York. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):749-751 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76167: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 14.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Triainoceratidae
"Beloceras williamsi n. sp." = Wellsites williamsi
"Beloceras williamsi n. sp." = Wellsites williamsi Wells 1956 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
"Productella lachrymosa" = Whidbornella lachrymosa
"Productella lachrymosa" = Whidbornella lachrymosa Conrad 1842
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841
posterus