Onondaga Formation, Cherry Valley (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.0° N, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° S, 22.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moorehouse Member (Onondaga Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Atrypa-Megakozlowskiella community

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, argillaceous limestone

• Seems like tempestite deposition, but get verification. Too shallow?; "Mid-neritic"; "Moderately argillaceous", probably just below wave base
• Moderately argillaceous, medium gray, medium to fine-grained limestone (mudstones and wackestones) with dark-weathering chert seams

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

• Localities 3130 and 3131B really 075 longitude, and 3133-3134 at 074

Primary reference: H.R. Feldman. 1980. Level-bottom brachiopod communities in the Middle Devonian of New York. Lethaia 13:27-46 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77076: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 19.12.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa "indet. sp. 1", Rugosa "indet. sp. 2"
Rugosa "indet. sp. 1" horn coral
"Rare"
Rugosa "indet. sp. 2" horn coral
"Rare"
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Breviphrentis sp.
Breviphrentis sp. Stumm 1949 horn coral
"Rare"
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis sp.
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
"Common"
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
cf. Syringaxon sp.
cf. Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
"Rare"
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Amplexiphyllum sp.
Amplexiphyllum sp. Stumm 1949 horn coral
"Rare"
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
"Common"
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
"Rare"
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
"Common" ; Columnals
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet.
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"Common" ,Ossicles
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
"Rare"
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hamiltonensis
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira aff. ventricosa
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Pentagonia unisulcata
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira camilla
 Rhynchonellida -
"Pacificocoelia acutiplicata" = Atlanticocoelia acutiplicata
"Pacificocoelia acutiplicata" = Atlanticocoelia acutiplicata Conrad 1841
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
Originally "Elytha fimbriata" Assuming spelling error.
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella raricosta
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer sp.
Mucrospirifer sp. Grabau 1931
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
"Acrospirifer duodenaria" = Patriaspirifer duodenaria
"Acrospirifer duodenaria" = Patriaspirifer duodenaria Hall 1843
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella arata
Pentamerella arata Conrad 1841
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp.
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria cf. multistriata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp., Rhipidomella sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea sp.
Levenea sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida -
Orthotetida indet.
Orthotetida indet. Waagen 1884
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta cf. demissa" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa, Megastrophia sp.
"Strophodonta cf. demissa" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa Conrad 1842
Originally "Stropheodonta cf. demissa" Assuming spelling error.
Megastrophia sp. Caster 1939
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus sp.
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
"Very rare"
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
"Rare"
Actinophyllum
  -
Actinophyllum sp.
Actinophyllum sp. Phillips 1848
"Rare"