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 8726: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 28.08.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Aulocystis jacksoni tabulate coral | |
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral | |
Trilobita | |
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail | |
Bryozoa | |
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Stenolaemata | |
Hederella sp. Hall 1883 | |
Strophomenata | |
Devonochonetes coronatus Hall 1857 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831 | |
Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842 | |
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |