West Brook 2A (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.6° N, 75.3° 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 89664: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 11.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Bembexia sulcomarginata" = Calvibembexia sulcomarginata
"Bembexia sulcomarginata" = Calvibembexia sulcomarginata Conrad 1842 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo constricta]
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Buchiola sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus Hall 1857
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops boothi trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae