Downing Brook - Vernon: Ludlow, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Ostracoda
- Leperditicopida
- Leperditiidae
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Leperditia scalaris
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Poleumita vernonensis n. sp.
Fisher 1957
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Hemiphragmoceratidae
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Hexameroceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Spyroceratidae
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Spyroceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Kionoceratidae
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Kionoceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pterinea waylandsmithi n. sp.
Fisher 1957
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| n. var normalis, n. var opisthoclinus (cat. s), n. var prosoclinus (cat. s.) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Modiolopsis orthoconcavus n. sp.
Fisher 1957
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? Orthodesma sp.
Hall and Whitfield 1875
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula allingi n. sp.
Fisher 1957
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Hydrozoa
- Siphonophorida
- Velellidae
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Silurovelella casteri n. gen., n. sp.
Fischer 1957
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Oneida |
| Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 75.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.5° South, 39.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Ludlow |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Ludlow | ||
| Age range of interval: | 427.4 - 423 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76664 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | P. Wall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-28 12:06:44 | Last modified: | 2007-11-28 14:06:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-28 12:06:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25943. | D. W. Fisher. 1957. Lithology, Paleoecology and Paleontology of the Vernon Shale (Late Silurian) in the Type Area. New York State Museum and Science Service Bulletin 364:1-31 [L. Ivany/P. Wall] |