Central Area, Zone I, 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: Seneca Member (Onondaga Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; gray limestone

• medium to dark gray fine-grained 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

PaleoDB collection 9543: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 15.11.2000

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
common
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae horn coral
frequent
Coleolus
  - Coleolidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
frequent
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira camilla Hall 1867
frequent
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831
very rare
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis Vanuxem 1842
common
 Rhynchonellida -
"Anoplotheca acutiplicata" = Atlanticocoelia acutiplicata
"Anoplotheca acutiplicata" = Atlanticocoelia acutiplicata Conrad 1841
very rare
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata, "Chonetes lineatus" = Hallinetes lineatus
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata Hall 1843
very common
"Chonetes lineatus" = Hallinetes lineatus Conrad 1839
very common
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
very rare
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
frequent
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Odontocephalus selenurus trilobite
common