Also known as Rattlesnake Skaneateles Formation, Mottville member Jacknife Ravine , S of Lafayette, Onondaga Co. (Otisco Valley 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 91231: authorized by Brad Deline, entered by Brad Deline on 13.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842 | |
Nucleospira concinna Hall 1843 | |
Strophomenata | |
Devonochonetes scitulus Hall 1857 |