Fruitland Ore Pit - bottom 4' 4" Reynales (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 23.9° S, 47.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Reynales Formation (Clinton Group), Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, argillaceous, sandy limestone

• Light gray limestone, argillaceous limestone common. Some thin sandy layers.

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 81868: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 17.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Fistulopora tuberculosa
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta corrugata" = Strophodonta corrugata, "Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda
"Stropheodonta corrugata" = Strophodonta corrugata Conrad 1842
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda Hall 1852
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira hemispherica
Coelospira hemispherica de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta robusta
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella circulus
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella elegantula
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
"Platystrophia biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus
"Platystrophia biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus Schlotheim 1820
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites minutus
Stenolaemata
  - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatopora angulata
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Helopora fragilis
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Phaenopora explanata, Phaenopora ensiformis
 Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
Semicoscinium tenuiceps
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella tenuis
Ostracoda
 Beyrichiacea - Zygobolbidae
Zygobolba curta, Zygobolba excavata, Zygobolba inflata, Zygobolba prolixa, Zygobolba rectangula
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Goldius niagarensis
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Homalonotus sp.
Homalonotus sp. König 1825 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops trisulcata" = Phacopidella trisulcata
"Phacops trisulcata" = Phacopidella trisulcata Hall 1852 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus ornatus
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis bilateralis" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis bilateralis" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites favosideus
Favosites favosideus tabulate coral