SM1L Madison Co, nr Rt 20 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Livermore Skaneateles Formation, Mottville member Livermore Gully 1 mi E of Pecksport Madison Co

Where: Madison County, New York (42.9° N, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° S, 23.1° 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 91236: 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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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
cf. Greenops boothi Green 1837 trilobite
or G. graba
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites oblongatus Conrad 1841 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria conradi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae