Second Creek & 104 - Rochester (Silurian of the United States)
Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 43.2° 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 and lithified limestone
• Brownish gray calcareous shale. A few limestone layers. Fossils not abundant and rock badly weathered.
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 81905: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 18.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ostracoda | |
Beyrichia veronica ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Dalmanites limulurus trilobite | |
Homalonotus delphinocephalus trilobite | |
Arctinurus nereus trilobite | |
Bumastus ioxus Hall 1868 trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Strophomenata | |
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda
"Stropheodonta profunda" = Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda Hall 1852 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
Pterinea emacerata oyster |