Fall Brook Coral Bed (Locality 16) (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Ontario County, New York (42.8° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 25.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle varcus conodont zone, Windom Shale Member (Moscow Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; burrowed, gray mudstone

• soft gray mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Organisms present with relative abundance. Numerical values standardized to 6 kg sample size.

Primary reference: G. C. Baird and C. E. Brett. 1983. Regional variation and paleontology of two coral beds in the Middle Devonian Hamilton Group of Western New York. Journal of Paleontology 57(3):417-446 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96210: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 21.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Spinulocosta spinulocosta, "indet." "brachiopods", "bryzoan" "indet.", "Bivalve" "indet.", "Pleurotomarid" indet., "Gastropod" indet., "Orthocone" indet., "Stem ossicles and plates (mostly Gilbertsocrinus" ?, "Trilobite Fragments" indet., "Lichid Fragments" indet., Athroacantha sp., "burrow" indet.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Trachypora limbata" = Thamnoptychia
"Trachypora limbata" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral
 Tabulata -
Auloporida indet.
Auloporida indet. Sokolov 1947 tabulate coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides conifolis, Cystiphylloides americanum
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis simplex
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum, Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae
"Astraeospongia sp." = Astraeospongium
"Astraeospongia sp." = Astraeospongium Roemer 1860
Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Nucleocrinidae
Placoblastus sp.
Placoblastus sp. Fay 1961 blastoid
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Ptilodictya plumea
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Loculipora sp.
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Taeniopora exigua
Taeniopora exigua Nicholson 1887
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet.
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
? Rhombopora sp.
? Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
[entered as Rhomobopora sp.]
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer consobrinus, Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata
Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia cf. granulosa, Mediospirifer audaculus
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira concinna
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris spiriferoides
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa spinosa, "Pseudatrypa cf. devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana
"Pseudatrypa cf. devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana Webster 1921
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella vanuxemi
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Cryptonella sp.
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hamiltoniae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia spp.
Camarotoechia spp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina mucronatus, Devonochonetes scitulus
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
"Chonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus
"Chonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus Hall 1857
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia concava
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina inaequistriata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia perplana, Mesoleptostrophia junia
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea indet.
Orbiculoidea indet. d'Orbigny 1847
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"? Plethomytilus sp." = Mytilarca
"? Plethomytilus sp." = Mytilarca Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria rafinesqui" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria), Actinopteria decussata
"Leiopteria rafinesqui" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pseudaviculopecten princeps, ? Pterinopecten sp.
Pseudaviculopecten princeps scallop
[entered as Pseudoaviculopecten princeps]
? Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Modiella pygmaea
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella sp.
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp., Modiomorpha subalata, Modiomorpha concentrica
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta
Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophontidae indet.
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Naticonema lineatum" = Platyostoma lineata, Platyceras spp.
"Naticonema lineatum" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
Platyceras spp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Mourlonia sp.
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops boothi
Greenops boothi trilobite
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos sp., Chondrites sp.
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833