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: 31.2° S, 44.9° W (Wright 2013)
• 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: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral | |
cf. Cladochonus jacksoni tabulate coral | |
Crinoidea | |
Ancyrocrinus bulbosus Hall 1862 Sea lily | |
Trilobita | |
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite | |
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Stenolaemata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842 | |
Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842 | |
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842 | |
Rhipidomella vanuxemi Hall 1857 | |
Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857 | |
Nucleospira concinna Hall 1843 | |
Tropidoleptus carinatus Conrad 1839 | |
Strophomenata | |
Devonochonetes scitulus Hall 1857 | |
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843 | |
Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838 | |
Gastropoda | |
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria
"Glyptotomaria capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842 snail | |
Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae Hall 1859 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam | |
"Leiopteria conradi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria conradi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster | |
Pseudaviculopecten princeps scallop | |
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam | |
Modiella pygmaea clam |