Locality 14 (Knights Falls Ravine), Limestone "b", Mottville Member, Madison Co. (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Madison County, New York (42.9° N, 75.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 23.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; shelly/skeletal, gray grainstone

• coarse, coquinite-like crinoidal limestone

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

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 8920: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 07.09.2000

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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 was then 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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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia nacrea
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp.
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
  - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus sp.
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris cora
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus sp.
Leiorhynchus sp. Hall 1860
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Paleozygopleura (Loxonema) sp." = Rhabdostropha
"Paleozygopleura (Loxonema) sp." = Rhabdostropha Donald 1905 snail
Paleozygopleura (Loxonema)
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Mourlonia itys" = Euryzone itys
"Mourlonia itys" = Euryzone itys Hall 1876 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo sp.]
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca sp.
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pectenidae indet." = Pectinidae
"Pectenidae indet." = Pectinidae Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Ptychopteria (Cornellites) sp." = Cornellites, Glyptodesma sp.
"Ptychopteria (Cornellites) sp." = Cornellites Williams 1908 oyster
Ptychopteria (Cornellites)
Glyptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha concentrica
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp.
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis sp.
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos sp.
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855