Second Creek at Alsa Farms - 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)

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

• Brownish gray shale. A few layers are calcareous. Near the base are a few argillaceous limestones.

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 81906: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 18.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus niagarensis Hall 1868 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
 Palaeocopida - Kloedenellidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis, Platyceras angulatum
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
Platyceras angulatum Hall 1852 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Pterinea undata" = Clionychia undata
"Pterinea undata" = Clionychia undata Emmons 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria subplana" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
  - Phylloporinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites Foerste 1889
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
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
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops
Crinoidea
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
 Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
"Eucalyptocrinus caelatus" = Eucalyptocrinites
"Eucalyptocrinus caelatus" = Eucalyptocrinites Sea lily
 Sagenocrinida - Lecanocrinidae
Blastoidea
 Coronata - Stephanocrinidae
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites pyriformis tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis turbinata" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis turbinata" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Cytherina
  -
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa Hall 1852