BCVS3-11, Buffalo Creek, Wanakah Shale, Erie Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

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

• 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
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulocystis jacksoni tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrate, ramose, massive and encrusting forms
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily