Horizon 21, Centerfield Member, Wheeler Gully, Genesee Valley, Livingston Co., N: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
6 individuals
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851
2 individuals
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulocystis sp. Schlüter 1885
19 individuals
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
17 individuals
Naticonema sp. Perner 1903
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
2 individuals
[entered as Paleoneilo sp.]
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina sp.
2 individuals
Devonochonetes scitulus (Hall 1857)
2 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia sp. Caster 1939
1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina sp.
25 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
18 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer sp.
8 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita sp.
5 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad 1841)
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Parazygidae
Parazyga sp.
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella sp.
5 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
7 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
5 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Pseudatrypa sp. (Copper 1973)
4 individuals
original and current combination Pseudoatrypa
[entered as Pseudoatrypa sp.]
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistuliporidae indet. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Loculipora sp.
Fenestella eumaciata
Fenestella planiramosa
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoretepora sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839
35 individuals
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops sp. Delo 1935
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Livingston
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 77.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.7° South, 25.4° 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:Wheeler Gully Local bed:21
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Genesee Valley
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: this horizon is within the upper transitional shales of the Wheeler Gully submember of the Centerfield
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray claystone
Lithology description: light 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 in 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 valve equal to one occurence." Standardization means "bulk sampling counts were standardized by sample weight".
Metadata
Database number:8789
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-29 13:01:49 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]