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
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unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
"Zaphrentis turbinata" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis turbinata" = Zaphrenthis horn coral | |
Enterolasma caliculum horn coral | |
Favosites pyriformis tabulate coral | |
Blastoidea | |
Stephanocrinus gemmiformis blastoid
Stephanocrinus angulatus Conrad 1842 blastoid | |
Crinoidea | |
Lyriocrinus dactylus Sea lily | |
"Eucalyptocrinus caelatus" = Eucalyptocrinites
"Eucalyptocrinus caelatus" = Eucalyptocrinites Sea lily | |
Lecanocrinus macropetalus Sea lily | |
Stenolaemata | |
Craniata | |
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops | |
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 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites Foerste 1889 | |
Atrypina disparilis Hall 1852 | |
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834 | |
Gastropoda | |
Platyceras angulatum, "Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis
Platyceras angulatum Hall 1852 snail
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis Hall 1852 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leiopteria subplana" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria), Pterinea emacerata
"Leiopteria subplana" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
Pterinea emacerata oyster | |
"Pterinea undata" = Clionychia undata
"Pterinea undata" = Clionychia undata Emmons 1842 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dawsonoceras annulatum Sowerby 1818 | |
Ostracoda | |
Dizygopleura proutyi ostracod | |
Beyrichia veronica ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Homalonotus delphinocephalus trilobite | |
Cheirurus niagarensis Hall 1868 trilobite | |
Dalmanites limulurus trilobite | |
Cytherina | |
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa
"Paraechmina spinosa" = Cytherina spinosa Hall 1852 |