Also known as SSF 63.4
Where: Columbia County, New York (42.2° N, 73.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 88.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Elliptocephala asaphoides trilobite zone, Browns Pond Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Initially entered as "Middle Granville Fm". From Anse Maranda Fm, which overlies the Lauzon Fm. Equivalent to the upper Browns Pond, Middle Granville, and lower Hatch Hill Fm of New York. AGE: Stage designation not stated in publication, initailly entered as "Dyeran"; from middle Olenellus zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of section, at 4.0 m.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, dolomitic, gray siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, replaced with phosphate
Collected by Landing & Bartwoski; reposited in the NYSM
Collection methods: bulk, acetic
• COLLECTORS: Not stated in text, but presumably E. Landing and K. Bartowski. REPOSITORY: New York State Museum.
Primary reference: E. Landing and K.E. Bartowski. 1996. Oldest shelly fossils from the Taconic Allochthon and late Early Cambrian sea-levels in eastern Laurentia. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):741-761 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78765: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Elliptocephala asaphoides Emmons 1844 trilobite | |
Aculifera | |
Halkieria sp. Poulsen 1967 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Pelagiella primaeva Billings 1872 | |
Asperconella gloriae n. sp., "Mackinnonia obliqua n. sp." = Davidonia rostratum, "Stenotheca taconica n. sp." = Davidonia taconica
Asperconella gloriae n. sp. Landing and Bartowski 1997
"Mackinnonia obliqua n. sp." = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
"Stenotheca taconica n. sp." = Davidonia taconica Landing and Bartowski 1996 | |
Lingulata | |
Botsfordia caelata Hall 1847 | |
Brachiopoda | |
"Lapworthella schodackensis" = Lapworthella schodakensis
"Lapworthella schodackensis" = Lapworthella schodakensis Lochman 1956 | |
Hyolitha | |
? Hyolithes americanus Hall 1847 | |
"Insolithotheca communis n. gen." = Insolitotheca communis
"Insolithotheca communis n. gen." = Insolitotheca communis Billings 1872 | |
"Bactrotheca" emmonsi Ford 1873 | |
Petasotheca minuta n. gen. n. sp.
Petasotheca minuta n. gen. n. sp. Landing and Bartowski 1996 | |
"Conotheca laurentiensis n. sp." = Conotheca australiensis
"Conotheca laurentiensis n. sp." = Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Conodonta | |
Hertzina elongata conodont | |
Archaeocyatha | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920 | |
Discinella micans | |
Discinella micans Billings 1871 | |
Hyolithellus micans Billings 1871 |