West Brook 7D (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.8° N, 75.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 23.6° 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

Size class: macrofossils

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 89673: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 11.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora indet. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras erectum Hall 1843 snail
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
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Monodechenella macrocephalus" = Monodechenella macrocephala
"Monodechenella macrocephalus" = Monodechenella macrocephala Hall 1861 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae