H-2. southwest corner of Warner Hill north of Whitehall Village ( of the United States)

Also known as USGS 7603-CO

Where: Washington County, New York (42.6° N, 73.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 68.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Whitehall Formation), Skullrockian (487.5 - 482.3 Ma)

• Missisquoia subzone: 490.0 - 488.3 Ma.

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; ooidal limestone

• "stromatolitic, oolitic, etc. ls. Nearshore subtidal, (very shallow subtidal) ocean facing shelf (of unknown width) BA1-2."
• "The lower part of the Whitehall contains domal sltromatolites, thrombolites, and lime grainstones interpreted to have formed in supratidal, intertidal, and shallow-subtidal marine environments. The vagile epibenthic fauna probably occupied warm-water, nearshore, shallow-subtidal habitats characterized by sustained moderate to high turbulence. Some limestone beds contain length-slow chalcedony which is thought to be an indicator of general hypersalinity or widely fluctuating salinity conditions in the environment of deposition. "

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•"Upper Whitehall Formation. Sample composed of medium-gray (N 5) lime mudstone collected in place."

Collected by R.B. Halley in 6/16/1970; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: M. E. Taylor and R. B. Halley. 1974. Systematics, environment, and biogeography of some Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician trilobites from eastern New York State. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 834:1-38 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85184: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.12.2008, edited by Melanie Hopkins

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Taxonomic list

• Originally from Sepkoski 1998 (ref. #13)
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Gastropoda
 Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae
Schizopea "sp. B"
Schizopea "sp. B" Butts 1926 snail
Trilobita
 Proetida - Hystricuridae
Millardicurus "sp. A"
Millardicurus "sp. A" Adrain and Westrop 2006 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae
"Missisquoia ? typicalis" = Parakoldinioidia stitti
"Missisquoia ? typicalis" = Parakoldinioidia stitti Fortey 1983 trilobite