3124A, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 3124A

Where: Onondaga County, New York (43.0° N, 76.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° 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 limestone and chert

• limestone, medium to fine grained, medium bedded, medium gray with distinct chert seams

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: H. R. Feldman. 1978. Brachiopods and Community Ecology of the Onondaga Limestone. Ph.D. thesis, Rutgers University 1-203 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

PaleoDB collection 9555: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 12.11.2000

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella arata Conrad 1841
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758