West Brook 7E (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 Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, upper Tully Member (Tully Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 89674: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 11.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus
"Sinochonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus Hall 1857
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten hermes Hall 1884 scallop
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Basidechenella rowi Green 1838 trilobite