Densmore Creek at Norton Street (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Monroe County, New York (43.2° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 43.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, gray, blue, calcareous shale

• Dark bluish gray shale. Some very calcareous layers. Very 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 81840: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 16.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis, Platyceras angulatum
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
Platyceras angulatum Hall 1852 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa nodostriata" = Eospinatrypa nodostriata Hall 1852
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
"Bilobites biloba" = Dicoelosia
"Bilobites biloba" = Dicoelosia
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites Foerste 1889
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Rhynchonella bidentata" = Ancillotoechia bidentata
"Rhynchonella bidentata" = Ancillotoechia bidentata Hisinger 1827
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda Hall 1852
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
"Strophonella striata" = Amphistrophia striata
"Strophonella striata" = Amphistrophia striata Hall 1843
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Diploclemidae
  - Phylloporinidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
 Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
 Palaeocopida - Kloedenellidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
 Lichida - Lichidae
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus ioxus Hall 1868 trilobite
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Cytherina
  -
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa Hall 1852