Bed 153: Mohawkian, New York
collected by R. Titus

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene senaria (Conrad 1841)
1 individual
recombined as Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) senaria
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus gigas (Dekay 1824)
1 individual
recombined as Asaphus gigas
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira americana (Billings 1860)
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura rogata (Sardeson 1892)
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina deltoidea (Conrad 1838)
1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
2 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella kayi Titus 1992
20 individuals
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Prasopora similatrix
4 individuals
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa mutabilis Ulrich 1893
4 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Lewis
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 75.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.8° South, 53.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval:Mohawkian
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 451.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Denley Limestone
Local section:Mill Creek, Lowville Regional bed:153 ft
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Mohawkian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: black; micritic
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: wave dissipation zone
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:R. Titus
Metadata
Also known as:SF 231
Database number:104589
Authorizer:S. Finnegan Enterer:S. Finnegan
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-02-07 12:04:21 Last modified:2011-02-06 19:04:21
Access level:the public
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25412. R. Titus. 2007. R. Titus unpublished collections. [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan]