Nucleospira-Enterolasma Community of the Glenmark Shale at Wallington/Sodus town: Wenlock, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites pyriformis
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Enterolasma caliculum
Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae
Myelodactylus convolutus
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
Dendrocrinus longidactylus Hall 1852
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Eucalyptocrinites caelatus
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
rhomboporid?
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella crispa (Hisinger 1827)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Boucotinskia sulcatus
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisiformis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
? Meristina sp. Hall 1867
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina rugosa
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Atrypa ? reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Atrypa 'reticularis'
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella elegantula (Dalman 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hybrida (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta americana (Hall 1879)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus neglectum
original and current combination Rhynchonella (Stegerhynchus)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta transversalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena ? rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis
Leptaena 'rhomboidalis'
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia subplana
spelled with current rank as Fardenia (Coolinia)
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops sp. Hall 1859
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Cornellites emaceratus
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites limulurus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus sp. Beyrich 1845
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetidae indet. Salter 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Wayne County
Coordinates: 43.1° North, 77.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.6° South, 43.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Wenlock
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
*Period:Early/Lower Silurian *Epoch:Late/Upper Wenlock - Middle Wenlock
Key time interval:Wenlock
Age range of interval:433.40000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Clinton Formation:Glenmark Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty,calcareous mudstone
Secondary lithology:hummocky CS lithified calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: This assemblage occurs in calcareous, silty mudstones... These mudstones are interbedded with hummocky cross laminated calcisiltites, upto 15 cm. thick, and thin partially winnowed, crinoidal calcarenites.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: deeper BA 3-4 (offshore shoal or deeper) deposit, formed below normal wave base
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:12933
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:K. Koverman
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-01-10 15:51:44 Last modified:2006-09-11 21:12:29
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-10 15:51:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4294. C. E. Brett. 1999. Wenlockian fossil communities in New York State and adjacent areas: Paleontology and Paleoecology. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities: A Case Study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 592-637 [M. Foote/K. Koverman/J. Alroy]