SM1B S Onondaga Valley Aea nr Rt 20 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Amber Rd. Skaneateles Formation, Mottville member Creek near Amber Rd., Amber Onondaga Co., NY (Marceellus Quad)

Where: Onondaga County, New York (42.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° S, 23.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Motville Member (Skaneateles 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 91226: authorized by Brad Deline, entered by Brad Deline on 13.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
Crinoidea
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Ancyrocrinus bulbosus Hall 1862 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria conradi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria conradi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
cf. Greenops boothi trilobite
or G. graba