West Brook 1B (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.7° N, 75.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 23.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: upper varcus conodont zone, upper Member (Tully 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 89663: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 11.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Rhynchonellida - Sapphicorhynchidae
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho Hall 1860
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842 snail
[entered as Glyptotomaria capillaria]
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea lirata Conrad 1842 nut clam
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Monodechenella macrocephalus" = Monodechenella macrocephala
"Monodechenella macrocephalus" = Monodechenella macrocephala Hall 1861 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral