Greens Landing Coral 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; calcareous shale

• calcareous shale

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 8979: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 13.09.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• This is a composite list for the Green's Landing Coral Bed from the four localities listed above.
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid stems and large holdfasts
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Costalocrinus sp.
Costalocrinus sp. Jaekel 1918 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia concava
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina inequistriata
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella pavillionensis
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella haskinsi
 Athyridida - Parazygidae
Parazyga hirsuta
Parazyga hirsuta Hall 1857
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrates and fistuliporoid-massive
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Taeniopora sp.
 Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp.
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp., "Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
small bivalves
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Plethomytilus oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
"Plethomytilus oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis Conrad 1842 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria decussata
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp.
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum confluens, Heliophyllum halli
Heliophyllum confluens Hall 1876 horn coral
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Eridophyllum subcaespitosum
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites hamiltoniae, Favosites argus
Favosites hamiltoniae tabulate coral
Favosites argus Hall 1876 tabulate coral