Meads Creek equivalent, Orthospirifer-Camarotoechia Comm., Lower West Falls Grou: Frasnian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cricoconarids indet.
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informal bellerophontid indet.
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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| originally entered as "rugosid cnidarians" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Auloporidae
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Auloporidae indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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| originally entered as "auloporid cnidarians" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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? Paracyclas sp.
Hall 1843
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| originally entered as "Paracyclas? sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
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Cypricardella sp.
Hall 1856
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Spathella typica
Hall 1885
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Goniophora chemungensis
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? Glossites depressus
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| originally entered as "Glossites? depressus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Eoschizodidae
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? Eoschizodus chemungensis
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| originally entered as "Eoschizodus? chemungensis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Leptodesma sp.
Hall 1883
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Leiopteria nitida
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| spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) | ||||||||||
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Actinopteria boydi
(Conrad 1842)
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Cornellites chemungensis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pterinopectinidae
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? Vertumnia reversa
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| spelled with current rank as Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Vertumnia? reversa" | ||||||||||
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Pseudaviculopecten fasciculatus
(Hall 1883)
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| originally entered as "Pseudoaviculopecten fasciculatus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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? Myalina newelli
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| originally entered as "Myalina? newelli" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Palaeoneilo constricta
(Conrad 1842)
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Spinatrypa sp.
Stainbrook 1951
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Leiorhynchus sp.
Hall 1860
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Rhynchonellata
- Tropidoleptidae
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Tropidoleptus carinatus
(Conrad 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Ambocoelia umbonata
Conrad 1842
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtospiriferidae
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Cyrtospirifer chemungensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spinocyrtiidae
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Orthospirifer mesastrialis
(Hall 1867)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer posterus
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Tylothyris mesacostalis
(Hall 1867)
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Mucrospirifer mucronatus
(Conrad 1841)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Thiemella danbyi
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Areostrophiidae
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Schuchertella chemungensis
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Floweria chemungensis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Devonochonetes sp.
Muir-Wood 1962
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Nervostrophia nervosa
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Douvillinidae
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Douvillina sp.
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productella sp.
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 74.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° South, 23.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Devonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Meads Creek equivalent | ||||
| Local section: | Orthospirifer-Camarotoechia Community | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The unit described in this paper is the shelf equivalent to the Meads Creek shale slope facies. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified silty "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
| Geology comments: The fauna in this list are from delta platform, lagoonal, and estuarine facies. | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:This list covers both minor and major elements in the community. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3810 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Webber |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-10 09:55:56 | Last modified: | 2004-04-27 18:49:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 242. | G. R. McGhee, Jr. and R. G. Sutton. 1985. Late Devonian marine ecosystems of the lower West Falls Group in New York. Geological Society of America Special Paper (201)199-209 [A. Miller/A. Webber] |