West Castleton Fm., Columbia County, New York - Rasetti and Theokritoff 1967: Caerfai, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Fordillida
- Fordillidae
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Fordilla sp.
Barrande 1881
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Pojeta 1975 | ||||||
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Agnostida
- Eodiscidae
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Pagetides elagans
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Olenellidae
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Olenellus indet.
Hall 1861
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 42.3° North, 73.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° South, 91.8° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 1-3 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cambrian | *Epoch: | Caerfai |
| Key time interval: | Caerfai | ||
| Age range of interval: | 538.80000 - 509.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | West Castleton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphically overlies the Elliptocephala asaphoides fauna. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: dark gray bedded limestone | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: Taconic strata | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected by Bird and Rasetti | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 8236 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky, A. Hendy | Enterer: | P. Borkow, A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-06-30 15:05:12 | Last modified: | 2001-08-30 17:52:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-03-27 12:03:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 567. | F. Rasetti and G. Theokritoff. 1967. Lower Cambrian agnostid trilobites of North America. Journal of Paleontology 41(1):189-196 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/L. Na] |
Secondary references:
| 25528 | O. B. Nye, J. C. Brower, and S. E. Wilson. 1975. Hitchhiking clams in the Marcellus Sea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 67(287):287-299 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 25527 | J. Pojeta. 1975. Fordilla troyensis Barrrande and early Pelecypod phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 67(287):363-384 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |