Normanskill Fm., Ord. (Caradoc; Black River or Wilderness): Blackriveran, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Niobe sp. Angelin 1851
Malacostraca - Discinocarididae
Discinocaris sp.
Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae
Caryocaris sp. Salter 1863
Eurypterida
Eurypterida indet. Burmeister 1843
very questionable
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Leptobolus sp. Hall 1871
Lingulata - Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
unclassified
Graptospongia sp.
Emmelozoe sp.
Polychaeta
Haileyia sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Glossograptus sp.
Cryptograptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Abrograptidae
Reteograptus sp.
originally entered as "Retiograptus sp."
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871
Leptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
Dicranograptus sp. (Hall 1865)
Nemagraptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Lasiograptidae
Hallograptus sp. Lapworth 1876
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Diplograptus sp.
Amplexograptus sp.
Corynoides sp. Nicholson 1867
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 73.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 54.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 4-5
*Epoch:Caradoc
*Local age/stage:Black River
Key time interval: Blackriveran
Age range of interval: 457 - 449.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Normanskill
Stratigraphy comments: "Ord. (Black River or Wilderness). Caradoc"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:submarine fan
Geology comments: "Black sh and graywacke. deepwater (BA6)"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Ruedemann, 1934. Berry, 1962"
Metadata
Database number:328
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:R. Plotnick Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2024-03-31 19:20:58
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61164. W. B. N. Berry. 1962. Stratigraphy, zonation and age of the Schaghticoke, Deepkill, and Normanskill Shales, eastern New York. Geological Society America Bulletin 73:695-718 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

61163 R. Ruedemann. 1934. Paleozoic plankton of North America. Geological Society of America Memoirs 2:1-141 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju]