Greens Landing Coral Bed, Erie and Genesee Counties, western NY: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
crinoid stems and large holdfasts
Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae
Costalocrinus sp. Jaekel 1918
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Naticonema lineata (Conrad 1842)
corrected as Platyostoma lineata
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
small bivalves
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indenta (Conrad 1842)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Plethomytilus oviformis (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria decussata
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella pavillionensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad 1841)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita fimbriata (Conrad 1842)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella haskinsi Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Parazygidae
Parazyga hirsuta (Hall 1857)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina inequistriata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Chonetacea indet. Bronn 1862
replaced by Chonetoidea
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia concava
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrates and fistuliporoid-massive
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Taeniopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops rana (Green 1832)
recombined as Eldredgeops rana
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Eridophyllum subcaespitosum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851
Heliophyllum confluens Hall 1876
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites hamiltoniae
Favosites argus Hall 1876
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, 26.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
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:Jaycox
Regional bed:Green's Landing Coral Bed
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: 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),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:This is a composite list for the Green's Landing Coral Bed from the four localities listed above.
Metadata
Database number:8979
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-09-13 07:08:40 Last modified:2004-04-27 18:49:56
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

762. S. M. Mayer. 1989. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Jaycox Shale Member, Hamilton Group of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. 1-121 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]