LC7C W Skaneateles Lake (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Stony Point Cayuga Ludlowville Formation, Centerfield member, Halls Landing Beds E side Cayuga Lake; N of Ovid Quad

Where: Cayuga County, New York (42.7° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° 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 91243: 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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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata
"Eoschuchertella arctostriata" = Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida -
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira leda Hall 1859 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Monodechenella macrocephala Hall 1861 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"cf. Trachypora ornata" = Thamnoptychia
"cf. Trachypora ornata" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae