South Lansing 1A (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.8° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 24.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: middle varcus conodont zone, Windom Shale Member (Moscow Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: J. R. Bonelli, Jr., C. E. Brett, A. I. Miller and J. B. Bennington. 2006. Testing for faunal stability across a regional biotic transition: quantifying stasis and variation among recurring coral-rich biofacies in the Middle Devonian Appalachian Basin. Paleobiology 32(1):20-37 [A. Miller/J. Zambito/J. Zambito]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89648: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 10.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora indet. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
was Auloporid sp. and Trachypora sp.
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras erectum Hall 1843 snail
was Platyceras sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo emarginata Conrad 1841 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo emarginata]
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pseudaviculopecten princeps scallop
[entered as Pseudoaviculopecten princeps]
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus Hall 1857
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
changed from Eoschuchertella cf. arctostriata
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida -
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena linklaeni
changed from Cranaena eudora, which is Frasnian
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Rhynchonellida - Sapphicorhynchidae
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho Hall 1860
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Cupularostrum prolifica
includes those id'ed as Cupularostrum sp.
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite