Also known as Westerlo, Roadcuts in Westerlo, Albany Co., NY Halihan Hill coral bed, Oatka/Berne member, Marcellus Formation.
Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.5° N, 74.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.8° S, 43.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oatka/Berne Member (Marcellus Formation), Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous, muddy lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: L. C. Ivany, C. E. Brett, H. L. B. Wall, P. D. Wall, and J. C. Handley. 2009. Relative taxonomic and ecological stability in Devonian marine faunas of New York State: a test of coordinated stasis. Paleobiology 35(4):499-524 [B. Deline/B. Deline/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91215: authorized by Brad Deline, entered by Brad Deline on 11.09.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Trilobita | |
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite | |
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Hyolitha | |
Hyolithes aclis Hall 1879 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857 | |
cf. Pseudoatrypa devoniana Webster 1921 | |
Nucleospira concinna Hall 1843 | |
Coelospira camilla Hall 1867 | |
"Eumetabolotoechia multicostum" = Eumetabolotoechia multicostata
"Eumetabolotoechia multicostum" = Eumetabolotoechia multicostata Hall 1860 | |
Cupularostrum congregata Conrad 1841 | |
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho
"Cupularostrum sappho" = Sapphicorhynchus sappho Hall 1860 | |
Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842 | |
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842 | |
Megakozlowskiella sculptilis Hall 1843 | |
Fimbrispirifer divaricatus Hall 1857 | |
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842 | |
Rhipidomella vanuxemi Hall 1857 | |
Tropidoleptus carinatus Conrad 1839 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productella navicella" = Spinulicosta navicella
"Productella navicella" = Spinulicosta navicella Hall 1857 | |
"Eoschuchertella perversa" = Floweria perversa, Floweria cf. chemungensis
"Eoschuchertella perversa" = Floweria perversa Hall 1857
Floweria cf. chemungensis Conrad 1842 | |
Protoleptostrophia perplana Conrad 1839 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Parodiceras discoideum Hall 1860 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae Hall 1859 snail | |
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842 snail | |
Ptomatis patulus Hall 1843 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Nuculites triquiter clam | |
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Grammysioidea spp. Williams 1916 clam | |
Modiomorpha mytiloides Conrad 1841 clam | |
Paracyclas lirata clam | |
Pterinopecten undosus scallop | |
Actinopteria boydi Conrad 1842 oyster | |
Anthozoa | |
Heterophrentis prolifica horn coral | |
Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae horn coral
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral | |
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
cf. Cystiphylloides americanum horn coral
Cystiphylloides conifollis horn coral | |
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
cf. Cladochonus jacksoni tabulate coral |