Level-bottom marine community, Black River Group (Chaumont Fm.): Blackriveran, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Camerella sp. Billings 1859
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Valcourea sp. Raymond 1911
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Doleroides sp. Cooper 1930
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella rogata (Sardeson 1892)
3 rank
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Pionodema sp. Foerste 1912
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
4 rank
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
1 rank
originally entered as "Erydotrypa sp."
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras sp. Hall 1847
Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Actinoceras ruedemanni
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites sp. Le Sueur 1818
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858
unclassified
? Palaeocapida indet.
5 rank
originally entered as "? Palaeocapida indet."
Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae
Foerstephyllum halli
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lambelasmatidae
Lambeophyllum profundum (Conrad 1843)
Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Stromatocerium rugosum Hall 1847
2 rank
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 75.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.4° South, 53.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 4-5
*Period:Middle Ordovician
Key time interval: Blackriveran
Age range of interval: 457 - 449.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Black River Formation:Chaumont
Stratigraphy comments: "M. Ord., Black River Group"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:peloidal "carbonate"
Environment:deep subtidal shelf Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: "Carbonates (pelletal mud) subtidal, deeper than other communities (BA4). stable shelf"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Walker 1972 GSA Bull.; Cooper 1956 (brachiopods)"
Metadata
Database number:325
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-08 22:25:21
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60987. K. R. Walker. 1972. Community Ecology of the Middle Ordovician Black River Group of New York State. Geological Society of America Bulletin 83(8):2499-2524 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

42189 G. A. Cooper. 1956. New Pennsylvanian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):521-530 [M. Clapham/K. Badyrka ]