Little Wolcott Creek - top 5.5' Irondequoit (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 43.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irondequoit Formation (Clinton Group), Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• top 5.5 feet

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, gray, blue reef rocks and lithified shale

• Bluish gray limestone. Some layers crystalline but mostly argillaceous with a dull gray color. The upper layer has reeflike bodies. The shale partings have the greatest fauna.

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 82511: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 28.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
  - Phylloporinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa nodostriata" = Eospinatrypa nodostriata Hall 1852
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
"Bilobites biloba" = Dicoelosia
"Bilobites biloba" = Dicoelosia
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites
"Orthis flabellites" = Dolerorthis flabellites Foerste 1889
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
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
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria subplana" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis
"Platyceras niagarense" = Platyceras niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
Dizygopleura intermedia ostracod
cornuta
 Beyrichiacea - Zygobolbidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus stokesi" = Warburgella stokesii
"Proetus stokesi" = Warburgella stokesii Murchison 1839 trilobite
originally entered as "Proteus stokesi"
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"Proetus corycoeus" = Decoroproetus corycoeus
"Proetus corycoeus" = Decoroproetus corycoeus Conrad 1842 trilobite
originally entered as "Proteus corycocus"