Sodus Creek at Glenmark - Rochester/Lockport Transition: Wenlock, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites pyriformis
Favosites hisingeri Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Enterolasma caliculum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Zaphrentis turbinata
synonym of Zaphrenthis
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum niagarense
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia longa
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites limulurus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus stokesi (Murchison 1839)
recombined as Warburgella stokesii
originally entered as "Proteus stokesi"
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Arctinurus nereus
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Paraechmina postica
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichia veronica
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
Dizygopleura proutyi
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholidops squamiformis
synonym of Craniops
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella elegans
Schuchertella tenuis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer niagarensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia biocostata
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira apriniformis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisiformis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella nitida (Hall 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella elegantula
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella hybrida
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis punctostriata
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora incepta
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramopora imbricata Hall 1852
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Diaphorostoma niagarense (Hall 1852)
original and current combination Platyostoma niagarensis
unclassified
Paraechmina spinosa (Hall 1852)
original and current combination Cytherina spinosa
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Wayne
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 76.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.6° South, 43.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Wenlock
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Wenlock
Age range of interval:433.40000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Clinton Formation:Rochester
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Transition between Rochester & Lockport
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:micaceous lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandy dolomite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Transition bed. Crystalline limestone bearing fossils common in underlying shale interbedded with both thin-bedded sandy dolomitic layers of the overlying dolomite and browninsh gray shale like the underlying formation.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:81917
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:P. Wall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-18 09:33:03 Last modified:2008-07-18 12:33:03
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-18 09:33:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27610. T. Gillette. 1947. The Clinton of Western and Central New York. New York State Museum Bulletin (341) [L. Ivany/P. Wall]