Locality 6, Limestone "a", Mottville Member, Onondaga Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Onondaga County, New York (43.0° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 24.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mottville Member (Skaneateles Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal, gray limestone

• crinoidal limestone

Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. X. Grasso. 1986. Redefinition, Stratigraphy and Depostional Environments of the Mottville Member (Hamilton Group) in Central and Eastern 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 457:5-31 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8813: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 30.08.2000

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Taxonomic list

• The relative abundance of each fossil taxon was established in the field by estimating the number of specimens observed in one hour from each richly fossiliferous horizon. The abundance of each taxon is assigned a code number as follows: (1) 1 to 3 specimens, (2) 4 to 12 specimens, (3) 13 to 50 specimens, (4) 50 to 200 specimens, (5) 200 to 800 specimens, (6)over 800 specimens.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo sp.]
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Pholadella sp. Hall 1869 clam
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Pterochaenia sp. Clarke 1904 clam
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pseudaviculopecten sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Tornoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus sp. Hall 1860
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops boothi trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Dipleura dekayi Green 1832 trilobite
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855