PBDB Collection

Hills Gulch Bed, Erie and Genesee Counties, western NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Erie County, New York (42.9° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 26.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Jaycox Member (Ludlowville Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; limestone

• limestone

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. M. Mayer. 1989. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Jaycox Shale Member, Hamilton Group of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. 1-121 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8978: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 13.09.2000

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Taxonomic list

• This is a composite list for the Hills Gulch Bed from the four localities listed above.

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unclassified
-	Spinocyrtina granulosa Spinocyrtina granulosa
Anthozoa
Auloporida - Auloporidae	Auloporidae indet. Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Favositida - Pachyporidae	Thamnoptychia sp. Thamnoptychia sp. Hall 1876 tabulate coral
Favositida - Favositidae	Favosites hamiltoniae, Favosites argus Favosites hamiltoniae tabulate coral Favosites argus Hall 1876 tabulate coral
Stauriida - Zaphrentidae	Heliophyllum halli, Heliophyllum confluens Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral Heliophyllum confluens Hall 1876 horn coral
Stauriida - Eridophyllidae	Eridophyllum subcaespitosum Eridophyllum subcaespitosum horn coral
Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily crinoid stems and large holdfasts
Cladida - Botryocrinidae	Ancyrocrinus bulbosus Ancyrocrinus bulbosus Hall 1862 Sea lily
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata, Platyceras sp. "Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae	Aviculopecten sp. Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Lophophorata
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae	Tentaculites sp. Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 burrow prods also present
Strophomenata
Strophomenida -	"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea "Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Devonochonetes coronatus, Longispina mucronatus Devonochonetes coronatus Hall 1857 Longispina mucronatus
Strophomenida - Strophodontidae	Megastrophia concava Megastrophia concava
Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae	Protoleptostrophia perplana Protoleptostrophia perplana Conrad 1839
Strophomenida - Douvillinidae	Douvillina inquistriata Douvillina inquistriata
Rhynchonellata
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella sp. Rhipidomella sp.
Athyridida - Nucleospiridae	Nucleospira sp. Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Athyris spiriferoides Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831
Athyridida - Parazygidae	Parazyga hirsuta Parazyga hirsuta Hall 1857
Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae	Trematospira gibbosa Trematospira gibbosa
Pentamerida - Clorindidae	Pentamerella pavillionensis Pentamerella pavillionensis
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Elita fimbriata Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae	Mediospirifer audaculus Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842
Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae	Cyrtina hamiltonensis Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 fenestrates and fistuliporid-massive
Stenolaemata
Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae	Taeniopora sp. Taeniopora sp.
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Unitrypa sp. Unitrypa sp.
Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae	Stictopora sp. Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Trilobita
Proetida - Proetidae	Proetidae indet. Proetidae indet. Salter 1864 trilobite
Phacopida - Phacopidae	"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana "Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite