Salmon Creek West - Rochester Shale (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° S, 43.4° 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: offshore; lithified, brown, gray, calcareous shale

• Brownish gray shale with limy 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 81873: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 17.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis turbinata" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis turbinata" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella nitida Hall 1843
oblata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites Foerste 1889
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda Hall 1852
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus ioxus Hall 1868 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Cytherina
  -
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa Hall 1852