Western Area, Nedrow Member, Onondaga Limestone, NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (42.9° N, 78.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° S, 25.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• cherty 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 9548: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 15.11.2000

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites basalticus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
rare
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
rare
 Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis gigantea horn coral
rare
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis prolifica horn coral
rare
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
rare
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Synaptophyllum simcoense horn coral
rare
 Stauriida - Bethanyphyllidae
Bethanyphyllum robustum horn coral
rare
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral
rare
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyostoma turbinata Hall 1861 snail
rare
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata
"Chonetes mucronata" = Longispina mucronata Hall 1843
rare
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis
"Levenia lenticularis" = Levenea lenticularis Vanuxem 1842
rare
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira camilla Hall 1867
rare
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
rare