Where: Niagara County, New York (43.2° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 44.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Kockelella ranuliformis zone, Rockway Member (Irondequoit Limestone Formation), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• 24.4 m above base.
Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite
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 766: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 04.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Walliserodus sancticlairi Cooper 1976 conodont | |
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Ozarkodina hadra Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont | |
"Ozarkodina polinclinata" = Wurmiella polinclinata, "Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata
"Ozarkodina polinclinata" = Wurmiella polinclinata Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont | |
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Apsidognathus tuberculatus Walliser 1964 conodont
Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont
Aulacognathus latus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont | |
Panderodus unicostatus, "Panderodus cf. recurvatus" = Panderodus panderi
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Panderodus cf. recurvatus" = Panderodus panderi Stauffer 1940 conodont originally entered as "Panderodus cf. recurvatus"
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Oulodus petila conodont | |
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Distomodus staurognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont | |
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Pterospathodus amorphognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont | |