Where: Erie County, New York (42.9° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 26.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wanakah Member (Ludlowville Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; gray, calcareous shale
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: K. B. Miller. 1986. Depositional Environments and Sequences, "Pleurodictyum Zone," Ludlowville Formation of Western New York. In E. Landing, C. E. Brett (eds.), Dynamic Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part I, 457:57-77 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8724: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 28.08.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Lingulata | |
Craniata | |
"Craniella hamiltoniae" = Petrocrania hamiltoniae
"Craniella hamiltoniae" = Petrocrania hamiltoniae Hall 1867 | |
Strophomenata | |
Devonochonetes coronatus Hall 1857 | |
Protoleptostrophia perplana Conrad 1839 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842 | |
Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842 | |
Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831 | |
Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral | |
Aulocystis dichotoma tabulate coral
Aulocystis jacksoni tabulate coral |