Also known as Bear Mtn. Skaneateles Formation, Mottville member Bear Mtn. Ravine S US 20 near Cardiff, Onondaga Co. S. Onondaga Quad

Where: Onondaga County, New York (42.9° N, 76.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 23.6° 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 91229: authorized by Brad Deline, entered by Brad Deline on 13.09.2009

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