Niagara Street & RR - 17.5 to 42.5 feet (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Niagara County, New York (43.2° N, 78.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° S, 44.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rochester Formation (Clinton Group), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, dolomitic, brown, gray, calcareous shale and lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Brownish gray, calcareous and dolomitic shale with argillaceous limestone layers. Dolomitic content increased toward the top of formation. Compared with underlying slightly fossiliferous.

Primary reference: T. Gillette. 1947. The Clinton of Western and Central New York. New York State Museum Bulletin (341) [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81804: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 16.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites pyriformis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora flexuosa Hall 1852 tabulate coral
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Diaphorostoma niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis
"Diaphorostoma niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Pterinea undata" = Clionychia undata
"Pterinea undata" = Clionychia undata Emmons 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
"Strophonella striata" = Amphistrophia striata
"Strophonella striata" = Amphistrophia striata Hall 1843
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella nitida Hall 1843
oblata
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
  - Phylloporinidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae