Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.6° N, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° S, 22.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: middle varcus conodont zone, upper Windom Member (Moscow Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, condensed, gray siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by James Zambito in Summer/Fall 2008
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: J. J. Zambito. 2008. Field notes and samples, published, in part, "New perspectives on transitions between ecological-evolutionary subunits in the "type interval" for coordinated stasis", James J Zambito IV, Carlton E Brett, Gordon C Baird, Sarah E Kolbe, Arnold I Miller; Paleobiology. [A. Miller/J. Zambito/J. Zambito]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86644: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 10.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam | |
Actinopteria boydi, "Leiopteria laevis" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Actinopteria boydi Conrad 1842 oyster
"Leiopteria laevis" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Tropidoleptus carinatus Conrad 1839 | |
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |