South Lansing 4A (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.7° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 24.4° 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 89658: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 11.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus Hall 1857
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras erectum Hall 1843 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Bembexia sulcomarginata" = Calvibembexia sulcomarginata
"Bembexia sulcomarginata" = Calvibembexia sulcomarginata Conrad 1842 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Dipleura dekayi Green 1832 trilobite