Cobleskill - Dugway Gorge (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Otsego County, New York (42.9° N, 74.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 37.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cobleskill Formation (Salina Group), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, argillaceous limestone

• argillaceous and dolomitic limestones which weather to a drab yellow-grey

Primary reference: L.V. Rickard and D.H. Zenger. 1964. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Richfield Springs and Cooperstown Quadrangles, New York. Bulletin of the New York State Museum and Science Service 396:101 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76755: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 02.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites catenularia
Halysites catenularia Linnaeus 1767 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia bipartita
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia interstriata
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" litchfieldensis