Phoenix Lock Excavation - Williamson: Telychian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Enterolasma caliculum
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema gracilis
Dictyonema retiforme
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus clintonensis
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Retiolites geinitzianus Barrande 1850
venosus
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichia aff. lakemontensis
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Zygobolbidae
Mastigobolbina punctata
Mastigobolbina trilobata
Mastigobolbina typus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites limulurus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene clintoni
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Hormotoma subulata (Conrad 1842)
original and current combination Murchisonia subulata
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta mactriformis
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras bassleri
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholidops squamiformis
synonym of Craniops
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis tenuidens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Bilobites biloba
synonym of Dicoelosia
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella elegantula
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella bidens (Hall 1852)
    = "Rhynchonella" bidens Hall 1852
Ager 1957
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Coelospira sulcata Prouty 1923
recombined as Eocoelia sulcata
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Scenidium pyramidale
original and current combination Skenidium
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Spirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
recombined as Eospirifer radiatus
Cyrtia meta
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa nodostriata Hall 1852
recombined as Eospinatrypa nodostriata
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina disparilis (Hall 1852)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes cornutus
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella transversalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Stropheodonta corrugata (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Gunnarella corrugata
unclassified
Buthotrephis gracilis Hall 1847
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Oswego
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 76.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.7° South, 45.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Telychian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Telychian
Age range of interval:438.50000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Clinton Formation:Williamson
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Based on comparison with nearby drill core.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green,blue lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Green fissile shale interbedded with dark bluish gray crumbly shale. Limestone layers are common. Some are compsed entirely of sowerbyella, some largely of Atrypa, others contain a variety of fossils.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:82554
Authorizer:L. Ivany, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wall, P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-28 15:31:02 Last modified:2008-07-28 18:31:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-28 15:31:02
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]

Secondary references:

86918 D. V. Ager. 1957. The true Rhynchonella. Palaeontology 1(1):1-15 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]