Horizon 6, Centerfield Member, Triphammer Falls, Genesee Valley, Livingston Co.,: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulocystis sp. Schlüter 1885
8 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
3 individuals
[entered as Paleoneilo sp.]
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
1 individual
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productella sp.
4 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina sp.
132 individuals
Devonochonetes scitulus (Hall 1857)
74 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia sp. Caster 1939
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer sp.
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
133 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad 1841)
3 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Pseudatrypa sp. (Copper 1973)
5 individuals
original and current combination Pseudoatrypa
[entered as Pseudoatrypa sp.]
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoretepora sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839
15 individuals
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops sp. Delo 1935
5 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Livingston
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 77.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.7° South, 25.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ludlowville Member:Centerfield
Local section:Triphammer Falls Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Genesee Valley
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: this horizon is within the lower transitional shales of the York submember of the Centerfield
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray argillaceous claystone
Lithology description: light gray to gray claystone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),chemical,mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Data is presented two ways in the paper: as presence/absence data for all 34 sampled horizons and standardized abundances for 23 of those horizons. Where available, abundance data is entered. Counts from bulk sampling "were adjusted uniformly for fragmented and single valve occurences by multiplying through a ratio--4 fragments or 2 valves equal to one occurrence". Standardization means "bulk sampling counts were standardized by sample weight".
Metadata
Database number:8760
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-28 14:33:09 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:

684. M. Savarese, L. M. Gray, and C. E. Brett. 1986. Faunal and Lithologic Cyclicity in the Centerfield Member (Middle Devonian: Hamilton Group) of Western New York: A Reinterpretation of Depositional History. In E. Landing, C. E. Brett (eds.), Dynamic Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part I 457:32-56 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]