Where: Oneida County, New York (43.0° N, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 39.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vernon Formation (Salina Group), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, gray, green, calcareous shale
Primary reference: D. W. Fisher. 1957. Lithology, Paleoecology and Paleontology of the Vernon Shale (Late Silurian) in the Type Area. New York State Museum and Science Service Bulletin 364:1-31 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76664: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 28.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 | |
Hydrozoa | |
Silurovelella casteri n. gen. n. sp.
Silurovelella casteri n. gen. n. sp. | |
Gastropoda | |
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail | |
Poleumita vernonensis n. sp.
Poleumita vernonensis n. sp. Fisher 1957 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
? Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
Modiolopsis orthoconcavus n. sp. Fisher 1957 clam | |
Pterinea waylandsmithi n. sp.
Pterinea waylandsmithi n. sp. Fisher 1957 oyster n. var normalis, n. var opisthoclinus (cat. s), n. var prosoclinus (cat. s.)
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Cephalopoda | |
Hexameroceras sp. Hyatt 1884 | |
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 | |
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula allingi n. sp.
Lingula allingi n. sp. Fisher 1957 | |
Ostracoda | |
Leperditia scalaris ostracod |