Cottage City Coral bed, Hills Gulch, Jaycox Member, Genesee Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Genesee County, New York (43.0° N, 78.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 25.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; gray, calcareous mudstone

• calcareous mudstone

Preservation: trace

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 8987: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.09.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Straight burrows were also present in this bed.
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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites argus
Favosites argus Hall 1876 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Eridophyllum subcaespitosum
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid stems and large holdfasts
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Costalocrinus sp.
Costalocrinus sp. Jaekel 1918 Sea lily
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrates
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistuliporidae indet.
Fistuliporidae indet. Ulrich 1882
massive forms
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
 Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp.
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer audaculus
 Athyridida - Parazygidae
Parazyga hirsuta
Parazyga hirsuta Hall 1857
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella haskinsi
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella pavillionensis
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia nacrea
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina inequistriata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia perplana
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella arctostriatus
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
small bivalves
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria decussata
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha concentrica
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophontidae indet.
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata, Platyceras sp.
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops boothi
Greenops boothi trilobite