Richfield Quad - Union Springs (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Otsego County, New York (42.9° N, 74.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 22.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Union Springs Formation (Hamilton Group), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, concretionary, black, calcareous shale and lithified limestone

• fissile black shales with numerous calcareous concretions and thin limestone layers

Primary reference: L.V. Rickard and D.H. Zenger. 1964. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Richfield Springs and Cooperstown Quadrangles, New York. Bulletin of the New York State Museum and Science Service 396:101 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83119: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 07.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Tentaculita
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina fissurella
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
"Leiorhynchus" limitaris
Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Werneroceratidae
Cabrieroceras plebeiforme
Cabrieroceras plebeiforme Hall 1879 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Agoniatitidae
Agoniatites nodiferus
Agoniatites nodiferus Hall 1886 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Tornoceras sp.
Tornoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulicardium marcellense
Lunulicardium marcellense Vanuxem 1842 clam