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
Aulocystis jacksoni
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora microbuccinata
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites ? nitella Winchell 1866
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae
Stereolasma rectum (Hall 1843)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides sp. (Chapman 1893)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops rana (Green 1832)
recombined as Eldredgeops rana
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Dipleura dekayi Green 1832
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia concava
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina inequistriata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Devonochonetes coronatus (Hall 1857)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer audaculus (Conrad 1842)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad 1841)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris spiriferoides (Eaton 1831)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Cryptonella rectirostra
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella penelope
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrate, massive, encrusting, ramose forms
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Naticonema lineata (Conrad 1842)
corrected as Platyostoma lineata
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
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]