Chemung beds, Almond: Famennian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) spinerigum
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris angelica Hall 1861
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia praeumbonata
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris mesacostalis (Hall 1867)
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
Rode and Lieberman 2004 2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Pseudatrypa devoniana (Webster 1921)
Rode and Lieberman 2004
misspelling Pseudoatrypa devoniana
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Cupularostrum contracta
Rode and Lieberman 2004 3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Platyterorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus mesacostalis (Hall 1843)
Rode and Lieberman 2004
recombined as Katabuporhynchus mesacostalis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia navicella
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Camarotoechia saxatillis
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena subalobosa
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productella boydii
Rode and Lieberman 2004
boydii - spiny
Productella callawayensis
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Rode and Lieberman 2004
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Strophodonta perplana (Conrad 1839)
Rode and Lieberman 2004
recombined as Protoleptostrophia perplana
unclassified
Drydenia foliata multi organs Fry and Banks 1955
lamina with holdfast
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Alleghany
Coordinates: 42.3° North, 77.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.0° South, 26.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Famennian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 5
*Period:Late/Upper Devonian *Epoch:Famennian
Key time interval:Famennian
Age range of interval:372.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Canadaway Formation:Machias
Stratigraphy comments: Fry (1955, p.39):The stratigraphic postitoin of the locality at Almond is uncertain in the absences of more precise data. Surface exposures in the refion belong to the Cassadaga stage in the Chautauquan series.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:14261
Authorizer:W. Stein, A. Stigall Enterer:N. Smith, A. Stigall
Modifier:W. Stein Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-05-29 09:21:18 Last modified:2003-01-14 14:35:08
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-29 09:21:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6305. W.L. Fry and H.P. Banks. 1955. Three New Genera of Algae from the Upper Devonian of New York. Journal of Paleontology 29:37-44 [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith]

Secondary references:

14402 A. L. Rode and B. S. Lieberman. 2004. Using GIS to unlock the interactions between biogeography, environment, and evolution in middle and Late Devonian brachiopods and bivalves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211(3-4):345-359 [A. Stigall/A. Stigall/A. Stigall]