Niagara Gorge Reefs, New York: Niagaran, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Michelinoceras sp.
Foerste 1932
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Hallopora elegantula
(Hall 1851)
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dominant | |||||||||
| original and current combination Callopora elegantula | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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Leioclema aspera
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Trematoporidae
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Trematopora aff. tuberculosa
Hall 1852
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Cheilotrypa ostiolata
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common | |||||||||
| abundant in some, absent from many | ||||||||||
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Fistulipora laminata
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dominant | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella elegans
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Ptilodictyidae
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Clathropora frondosa
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinidictyidae
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Pachydictya crassa
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dominant | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinoporidae
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Lichenalia concentrica
Hall 1852
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dominant | |||||||||
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Stictotrypa punctipora
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Rhabdomesida
- Rhabdomesidae
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Acanthoclema aspera
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Amplexoporidae
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Rhombotrypa spinulifera
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rare | |||||||||
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Monotrypa benjamini
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
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Nicholsonella florida
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rare | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Atactotoechidae
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Eridotrypella cf. striata
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Whitfieldella nitida
(Hall 1843)
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa reticularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Anomia reticularis | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Bumastus ioxus
(Hall 1868)
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites niagarensis
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 79.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.9° South, 46.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1-2 | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Wenlock | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Niagaran |
| Key time interval: | Niagaran |
| Age range of interval: | 440.10000 - 422.50000 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Clinton | Formation: | Irondequoit | Member: | Model City |
| Local section: | Beck |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified bindstone |
| Lithology description: The reef-rock is mostly cruststone and bindstone, both reef consist of fossiliferous massive micritic limetsone | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 1423 | ||
| Database number: | 22817 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | B. Bookhagen |
| Modifier: | B. Bookhagen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-06-27 01:26:50 | Last modified: | 2002-06-27 05:12:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-09-27 01:26:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6573. | M.C. Hewitt and R. J. Cuffey. 1985. Lichenaliid-Fistuliporoid crust-mounds (Silurian, New York-Ontario), typical early Paleozoic bryozoan reefs. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti 6 [W. Kiessling/B. Bookhagen/B. Bookhagen] |