BCVS3-12, Buffalo Creek, Wanakah Shale, Erie Co., NY: Givetian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Aulocystidae
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Aulocystis jacksoni
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Auloporidae
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Aulopora microbuccinata
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites ? nitella
Winchell 1866
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stereolasmatidae
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Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae
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Stereolasma rectum
(Hall 1843)
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentidae
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Heliophyllum halli
Edwards and Haime 1851
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Cystiphyllidae
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Cystiphylloides sp.
(Chapman 1893)
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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Phacops rana
(Green 1832)
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recombined as Eldredgeops rana | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Homalonotidae
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Dipleura dekayi
Green 1832
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Megastrophia concava
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Douvillinidae
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Douvillina inequistriata
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Devonochonetes coronatus
(Hall 1857)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spinocyrtiidae
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Mediospirifer audaculus
(Conrad 1842)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Mucrospirifer mucronatus
(Conrad 1841)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Athyris spiriferoides
(Eaton 1831)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cryptonellidae
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Cryptonella rectirostra
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella penelope
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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fenestrate, massive, encrusting, ramose forms | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Naticonema lineata
(Conrad 1842)
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corrected as Platyostoma lineata | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Erie |
Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 78.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.5° South, 26.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 | *Local age/stage: | Erian |
Key time interval: | Givetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Ludlowville | Member: | Wanakah |
Local section: | Buffalo Creek | Local bed: | 3-12 |
Local order: | top to bottom | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray calcareous "shale" | ||
Lithology description: calcareous shale | |||
Environment: | deep subtidal shelf | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 8727 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2000-08-28 11:05:40 | Last modified: | 2004-04-27 18:49:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
683. | K. B. Miller. 1986. Depositional Environments and Sequences, "Pleurodictyum Zone," Ludlowville Formation of Western New York. In E. Landing, C. E. Brett (eds.), Dynamic Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part I, 457:57-77 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner] |