3123D, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 3123D

Where: Onondaga County, New York (43.0° N, 76.1° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 23.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; shelly/skeletal limestone

• limestone, medium to coarse grained, crystalline, massive, light gray

Preservation: original 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

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9561: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 11.12.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Orthotetacidae indet.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella arata
Pentamerella arata Conrad 1841
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella raricosta
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758