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 8727: 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 | |
Strophomenata | |
Devonochonetes coronatus Hall 1857 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842 | |
Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail | |
Trilobita | |
Dipleura dekayi Green 1832 trilobite | |
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral | |
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae horn coral | |
Favosites ? nitella Winchell 1866 tabulate coral | |
Aulocystis jacksoni tabulate coral | |
Aulopora microbuccinata tabulate coral |