Salmon Creek East & 104 - Rochester (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 77.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.9° S, 79.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rochester Formation (Clinton Group), Wenlock (432.9 - 426.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, brown, gray shale and lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous limestone

• Brownish gray shale containing some argillaceous limestone and some thin crystalline fossiliferous limestone layers. Fossils are abundant and well-preserved.

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 81898: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 17.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda Hall 1852
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites Foerste 1889
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
  - Phylloporinidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida -
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Ostracoda
  -
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa Hall 1852 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus ioxus Hall 1868 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites constrictus tabulate coral
Favosites pyriformis tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae