Maplewood Park - top (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Monroe County, New York (43.2° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 44.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irondequoit Formation (Clinton Group), Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, micaceous, gray limestone and lithified, shelly/skeletal reef rocks

• Light gray crystalline limestone. Average layer 6 in. thick. Some crinoidal weathers porous and yellow. Few shale partings. Upper part contains reef-like bodies.

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 81814: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 16.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Ostracoda
 Beyrichiacea - Zygobolbidae
Mastigobolbina typus, Plethobolbina typicalis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Wahlenberg 1818
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella cylindrica
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Dawsonoceras annulatum