3128A, Chonetes community, Onondaga Limestone, NY (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 3128A

Where: Onondaga County, New York (43.0° N, 76.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° S, 23.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• limestone, muddy, fine grained, medium to thick bedded with some chert nodules

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 9583: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 11.12.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Orthotetacidae indet.
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina mucronata, "Chonetes lineata" = Hallinetes lineatus
Longispina mucronata Hall 1843
substitute type locality
"Chonetes lineata" = Hallinetes lineatus Conrad 1839
substitute type locality
 Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
"Eodevonaria" hemispherica
"Eodevonaria" hemispherica Hall 1857
substitute type locality