Abandonded Mine by Dawes Quarry - Willowvale (Silurian of the United States)
Where: Oneida County, New York (43.0° N, 75.4° W: paleocoordinates 25.9° S, 44.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Willowvale Formation (Clinton Group), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, green, calcareous shale and lithified limestone
• Green, calcareous shale with thin limestone layers.
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 82607: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 29.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Palaeocyclus ratuloides horn coral | |
Pterobranchia | |
Dictyonema gracilis graptolite
Dictyonema retiforme graptolite | |
Monograptus clintonensis graptolite | |
Retiolites venosus graptolite | |
Gastropoda | |
Cyclonema varicosum Hall 1861 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pterinea emacerata oyster
Leptodesma rhomboidea oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dawsonoceras annulatum Sowerby 1818 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus, Cyrtia meta
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834 | |
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Scenidium pyramidale" = Skenidium
"Scenidium pyramidale" = Skenidium | |
"Coelospira sulcata" = Eocoelia sulcata
"Coelospira sulcata" = Eocoelia sulcata Prouty 1923 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula lamellata Hall 1843 | |
Craniata | |
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops
"Pholidops squamiformis" = Craniops | |
Trilobita | |
Dalmanites limulurus trilobite | |
Calymene clintoni trilobite
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843 trilobite | |
Ostracoda | |
Beyrichia aff. lakemontensis ostracod
Dibolbina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod |