Locality 11 (Rainbow Creek), Limestone "a", Mottville Member, Onondaga Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Onondaga County, New York (42.9° N, 76.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 23.9° 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

• dark 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 8818: 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.
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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Dipleura dekayi
Dipleura dekayi Green 1832 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Bembexia sp.
Bembexia sp. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea sp.
Nuculoidea sp. Williams and Berger 1916 nut clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp., Glyptodesma sp., "Ptychopteria (Cornellites) sp." = Cornellites
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
Glyptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
"Ptychopteria (Cornellites) sp." = Cornellites Williams 1908 oyster
Ptychopteria (Cornellites)
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Gosseletia sp., Mytilarca sp.
Gosseletia sp. Barrois 1882 clam
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp.
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha mutiloides, Modiomorpha concentrica
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer audaculus
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia sp.
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia nacrea
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos sp.
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855