Central Area, Zone C (Biostrome), Onondaga Limestone, NY (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Reef 1486

Where: New York (43.0° N, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 23.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Edgecliff Member (Onondaga Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; gray limestone

• light gray coarse crystalline limestone

Primary reference: W. A., J.r. Oliver. 1952. Stratigraphy of the Onondaga Limestone in Central New York. PhD thesis, Cornell University 1-98 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9539: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 11.12.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
very common
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
very rare
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
rare
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella arata Conrad 1841
rare
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
"Meristella nasuta" = Meristina nasuta, Meristella doris
"Meristella nasuta" = Meristina nasuta Conrad 1842
rare
Meristella doris
very rare
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira camilla Hall 1867
very rare
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
rare
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Amphigenia elongata Vanuxem 1842
very rare
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis Vanuxem 1842
?
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
frequent
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria clausa" = Euryzone clausa
"Pleurotomaria clausa" = Euryzone clausa Hall 1879 snail
very rare
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
very rare
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops cristata" = Viaphacops cristatus
"Phacops cristata" = Viaphacops cristatus Hall 1861 trilobite
very rare
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides americanum horn coral
very common
Cystiphylloides sulcatum horn coral
rare
Cystiphylloides cf. conifollis horn coral
common
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis prolifica horn coral
very common
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
very rare
 Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis gigantea horn coral
rare
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Synaptophyllum simcoense horn coral
frequent
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral
rare
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
rare
 Stauriida - Bethanyphyllidae
Bethanyphyllum robustum horn coral
very common
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Breviphrentis yandelli horn coral
frequent
 Stauriida - Halliidae
Blothrophyllum promissum horn coral
rare
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites emmonsi tabulate coral
frequent
Favosites epidermatus tabulate coral
rare
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
rare
Favosites limitaris Rominger 1876 tabulate coral
common
Favosites turbinata Billings 1859 tabulate coral
frequent
Favosites basalticus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
common
Favosites canadensis Billings 1858 tabulate coral
rare
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral
frequent
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
rare
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
frequent
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
very rare