Little Wolcott Creek - Wolcott (Silurian of the United States)
Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° S, 45.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wolcott Formation (Clinton Group), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• bottom 5' of section
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, blue limestone and lithified shale
• Light bluish gray, crystalline limestone. Shale layers common. This limestone on upthrown side of fault. Shale becomes more abundant toward base. Grades to underlying shale.
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 82516: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 28.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Rhynchonellata | |
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Pentamerus oblongus de Sowerby 1839 | |
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Camarotoechia neglecta Hall 1852 | |
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Coelospira hemispherica de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 | |
"Platystrophia biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus
"Platystrophia biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus Schlotheim 1820 | |
| Strophomenata | |
"Stropheodonta corrugata" = Strophodonta corrugata
"Stropheodonta corrugata" = Strophodonta corrugata Conrad 1842 | |
| Stenolaemata | |
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Phaenopora ensiformis Hall 1852 | |
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Helopora fragilis Hall 1851 | |
| Ostracoda | |
| Anthozoa | |
"Zaphrentis bilateralis" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis bilateralis" = Zaphrenthis horn coral | |