Smyrna 18A2 (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.7° N, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° S, 23.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: middle varcus conodont zone, upper Windom Member (Moscow Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Primary reference: C. S. Prosser. 1897. The classification and distribution of the Hamilton and Chemung series of central and eastern New York. Annual Report of the Regents - New York State Museum, Report 49 2:83-222 [A. Miller/J. Zambito/J. Zambito]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89879: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 20.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Modiomorphida - Carydiidae
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria bigsbyi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria bigsbyi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Mytilarca oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
"Mytilarca oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis Conrad 1842 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Phthonia sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 mussel
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo muta clam
[entered as Paleoneilo muta]
Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo constricta]
Palaeoneilo emarginata Conrad 1841 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo emarginata]
Palaeoneilo filosa Conrad 1842 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo filosa]
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842 snail
[entered as Glyptotomaria capillaria]
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira leda Hall 1859 snail
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily