Locality 3, WKBW radio towers, Moscow and Ludlowville Formations, Erie Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Erie County, New York (42.7° N, 78.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 26.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• samples not specified as from Ledyard, Wanakah, Tichenor, or Windom members

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; bioturbated, pyritic, gray, calcareous lime mudstone

• soft, medium gray, slightly calcareous, siliciclastic mudstones, geographically widespread beds of carbonate or pyritic concretions and fossil layers occur at many levels

Preservation: trace, concretion, original calcite, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: C. E. Brett, V. B. Dick, and G. C. Baird. 1991. Comparative Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Middle Devonian Dark Gray and Black Shale Facies from Western New York. In E. Landing, C. E. Brett (eds.), Dynamic Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part II 469:5-36 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9363: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 24.10.2000, edited by Alycia Stigall

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Relative abundance symbols listed in comments field are as follows: a = abundant, 10s to 100s of specimens; c = commonly found, 10s of specimens; x = present, fewer than 10 specimens; r = rare, usually only one specimen; ? = identification questionable
unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulocystis sp. Schlüter 1885 tabulate coral
x
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Palescharidae
 Cyclostomata - Reptariidae
Reptaria stolonifera Rolle 1851
x
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
a
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
x
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
x
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Pholidops sp." = Craniops
"Pholidops sp." = Craniops Hall 1859
c
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leioptera sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leioptera sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
x
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pectenidae indet." = Pectinidae
"Pectenidae indet." = Pectinidae Wilkes 1810 scallop
x
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten ? sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
a
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia arcuata Conrad 1841 clam
x
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
x [entered as Paleoneilo sp.]
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites oblongatus Conrad 1841 clam
x
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam
a