Central Area, Zone F, 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

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

• medium to dark gray fine grained limestone, cherty

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

PaleoDB collection 9542: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.11.2000

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata Hall 1843
frequent
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
frequent
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer duodenarius
questionable identification
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
frequent
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis Vanuxem 1842
common
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
frequent
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Rutoceratidae
Halloceras undulatum nautiloid
common
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
rare
Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
frequent
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
frequent
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops cristata" = Viaphacops cristatus
"Phacops cristata" = Viaphacops cristatus Hall 1861 trilobite
frequent
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Odontocephalus selenurus trilobite
common
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
common
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae horn coral
very rare