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

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; argillaceous limestone

• thinly bedded to shaly 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 9540: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 11.12.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites basalticus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
very rare
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
very rare
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis prolifica horn coral
common
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
common
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae horn coral
common
 Stauriida - Bethanyphyllidae
Bethanyphyllum sp. Stumm 1949 horn coral
very rare
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
common
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides americanum horn coral
very rare
Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral
rare
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
very rare
Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Orthonychia conicum Hall 1859 snail
frequent
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp., Platyceras rarispinum, Platyceras rictum, Platyceras argo, Platyceras erectum, "Platyceras fornicatum" = Spinyplatyceras fornicatum, "Platystoma lineata" = Platyostoma lineata, "Platystoma turbinata" = Platyostoma turbinata, "Platystoma unisulcata" = Platyostoma unisulcata
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
frequent
Platyceras rarispinum Hall 1859 snail
frequent
Platyceras rictum Hall 1862 snail
frequent
Platyceras argo Hall 1862 snail
rare
Platyceras erectum Hall 1843 snail
rare
"Platyceras fornicatum" = Spinyplatyceras fornicatum Hall 1862 snail
frequent
"Platystoma lineata" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
common
"Platystoma turbinata" = Platyostoma turbinata Hall 1861 snail
common
"Platystoma unisulcata" = Platyostoma unisulcata Conrad 1842 snail
rare
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia concava, "Stropheodonta inequiradiata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta inequiradiata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
very rare
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata Hall 1843
very rare
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
rare
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella arata Conrad 1841
very rare
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis Vanuxem 1842
very rare
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
"Meristella nasuta" = Meristina nasuta Conrad 1842
rare
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira camilla Hall 1867
very rare
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
common
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia tethys Billings 1860
very rare
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
frequent
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
rare
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops cristata" = Viaphacops cristatus
"Phacops cristata" = Viaphacops cristatus Hall 1861 trilobite
common
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Odontocephalus selenurus trilobite
frequent
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
frequent