LC7B NE Cayuga Lake (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Hicks Gully Ludlowville Formation, Centerfield member, Halls Landing Beds W side Cayuga Lake; , Sheldrake Quad

Where: Cayuga County, New York (42.9° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° S, 24.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: lower varcus conodont zone, Centerfield Member (Ludlowville 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 91242: 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
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Euryzone arata, "Mourlonia lucina" = Ptychomphalina lucina
Euryzone arata Hall 1862 snail
"Mourlonia lucina" = Ptychomphalina lucina Hall 1862 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites oblongatus Conrad 1841 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
"Goniophora hamiltonensis" = Goniomorpha hamiltonensis Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Rhynchonellata
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
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