Bedford Reservation Sample Bed 7: Late/Upper Famennian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon irvinensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo bedfordensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
originally entered as "Rhynchopora" sp."
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris bedfordensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Cuyahoga
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 81.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.8° South, 29.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Famennian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 5
*Period:Late/Upper Devonian
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Famennian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Famennian
Age range of interval:364.70000 - 360.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bedford Shale
Local section:Bedford Reservation Local bed:7
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3448
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-02 10:27:21 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:10
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

195. J. C. Pashin and F. R. Ettensohn. 1992. Paleoecology and sedimentology of the dysaerobic Bedford fauna (Late Devonian), Ohio and Kentucky (USA). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 91:21-34 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]