Triarthrus community, "Dolgeville facies" of lower Trenton Group, no formation n: Trentonian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Dicranella bivertex
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Euprimitiidae
Primitiella unicornis
45 %-specimens
Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Aparchites minutissimus
15 %-specimens
Aparchites minutissimus trentonensis
Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Primitiidae
Primitia sp. Jones and Holl 1923
18 %-specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris cylindrica (Hall 1871)
recombined as Phelobythocypris cylindrica
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene senaria (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) senaria
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Triarthrus becki Green 1832
6 %-specimens
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus gigas (Dekay 1824)
recombined as Asaphus gigas
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Geisonoceras tenuitextum
Bivalvia - Lyrodesmatidae
Lyrodesma sp. Conrad 1841
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura rogata (Sardeson 1892)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Lingula curta Conrad 1842
recombined as Pseudolingula curta
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingula reciniformis (Hall 1847)
recombined as Glossina riciniformis
Leptobolus insignis Hall 1871
3 %-specimens
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus sp. Lindstrom 1971
Drepanoistodus suberectus (Branson and Mehl 1933)
2 species
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/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Local age/stage:Trenton
Key time interval:Trentonian
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Trenton Formation:Dolgeville Facies
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "Dolgeville facies of lower Trenton Group. M. Ord. (Trenton)". PJW: M6A
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black calcareous "shale"
Environment:slope
Geology comments: "alternating black sh and calcisiltite. BA6. deep water slope transitional to black shale basin. slope. low oxygen conc."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Titus and Cameron, 1976"
Metadata
Database number:338
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:76093
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2018-08-28 22:22:07
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25788. R. Titus and B. Cameron. 1976. Fossil communities of the lower Trenton Group (Middle Ordovician) of central and northwestern New York State. Journal of Paleontology 50:1209-1225 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn]