3138C, Levenea community I, Onondaga Limestone, NY (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 3138C

Where: Ulster County, New York (42.1° N, 74.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° S, 21.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; gray limestone and chert

• limestone, medium grained, massive, light gray, in the upper portion, weathering 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

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9576: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 11.12.2000

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931