Where: New York (42.8° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 24.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: middle varcus zone, Taunton Member (Moscow Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, bioturbated, gray shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. E. Brett and G. C. Baird. 1994. Depositional sequences, cycles, and foreland basin dynamics in the late middle Devonian (Givetian) of the Genesee Valley and western Finger Lakes region. New York State Geological Association Fieldtrip Guidebook, 66th annual meeting [A. Miller/J. Zambito]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94451: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 21.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Crinoidea | |
Megistocrinus sp. Owen and Shumard 1852 Sea lily | |
Dolatocrinus sp. Lyon 1857 Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Pseudoatrypa sp. Copper 1973 | |
Tropidoleptus carinatus Conrad 1839 | |
Anthozoa | |
Stereolasma sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
Amplexiphyllum sp. Stumm 1949 horn coral | |
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral | |
Thamnoptychia sp. Hall 1876 tabulate coral | |
Favosites hamiltoniae tabulate coral | |
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855 |