LC7F S Onondaga Valley Aea nr Rt 2 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Bear Mtn. Ludlowville Formation, Centerfield member, Halls Landing Beds 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, 23.7° 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 91245: 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 - Phacopidae
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"cf. Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Monodechenella macrocephala Hall 1861 trilobite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
"Goniophora hamiltonensis" = Goniomorpha hamiltonensis, Goniophora truncata
"Goniophora hamiltonensis" = Goniomorpha hamiltonensis Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae