Onondaga-Cumberland community, Onondaga Fm.: Eifelian, Maryland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
rare category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
abundant category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplotheca sp.
rare category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
rare category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
abundant category
2 species
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
rare category
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Euthydesma sp. Hall 1885
rare category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leiopteria sp. Hall 1883
rare category
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
rare category
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847
rare category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
rare category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
rare category
Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae
Bactrites sp. Sandberger 1843
common category
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825
rare category
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814
rare category
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
rare category
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
common category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland
Coordinates: 39.7° North, 78.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.7° South, 27.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Eifelian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
*Period:Late/Upper Devonian
Key time interval:Eifelian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Onondaga
Stratigraphy comments: "Formation: Onondaga (?)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "green and drab sh. nearshore (BA2)"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Kindle, 1912"
Metadata
Database number:611
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-01-28 15:10:01 Last modified:2017-01-02 04:27:56
Access level:the public Released:1999-01-28 15:10:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

16090. E. M. Kindle. 1912. The Onondaga fauna of the Allegheny region. United States Geology Survey Bulletin 508:1-144 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]