Cottage City Coral bed, Jaycox Member, Seneca Lake Valley, Ontario Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Ontario County, New York (42.8° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 24.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• silty calcareous mudrock

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 9028: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 15.09.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• This list is a composite faunal list for the three localities listed above.
unclassified
  -
Fistulioporidae indet.
massive forms
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid stems and large holdfasts
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Parazygidae
Parazyga hirsuta Hall 1857
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrates
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Tornoceras uniangulare Conrad 1842 ammonite
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp., "Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
"Naticonema lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
small bivalve
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo sp.]
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Tellinopsis sp. Hall 1869 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetidae indet. Salter 1864 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops boothi trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Antholites sp. Davis 1887 tabulate coral