Locality 17, Brown's Creek, Levanna Member, Skaneateles Formation, Livingston Co: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Decadocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1879
?
Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina fissurella (Hall 1879)
a
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Tornoceras uniangulare (Conrad 1842)
x
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras ? sp. Foerste 1932
c
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira leda (Hall 1859)
x
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae (Hall 1859)
x
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glyptotomaria sp. Knight 1945
x [entered as Glytotomaria sp.]
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
x
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Pterochaenia fragilis
x
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma conradi
x
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Panenka hero
?
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
c
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
r
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholidops sp. Hall 1859
synonym of Craniops
x
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Eumetabolotoechia multicostum (Hall 1860)
recombined as Eumetabolotoechia multicostata
a
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad 1841)
r
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
c
Echinocoelia sp. n. sp.
a
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina mucronatus
c
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
c
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Schuchertella arctostriata (Hall 1843)
recombined as Floweria arctostriata
x
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Reptariidae
Reptaria stolonifera Rolle 1851
r
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops boothi
r
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
c
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Livingston
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 77.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° South, 25.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Skaneateles Member:Levanna
Local section:Browns Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: samples from the upper part of the Levanna Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pyritic,shelly/skeletal,black,gray "shale"
Lithology description: dark gray to black, hard, brittle clay shale which weathers to a chippy or papery consistency; fissility is well developed, and in some instances, very thin silty or shelly laminae are visible
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,replaced with pyrite
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:relative abundance symbols: a = abundant, 10s to 100s of specimens; c = commonly found, 10s of specimens; x = present, fewer than 10 specimens found; r = rare, usually only a single specimen found; ? = identification questionable
Metadata
Database number:9352
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-10-23 10:27:28 Last modified:2004-04-27 18:49:56
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
806. C. E. Brett, V. B. Dick, and G. C. Baird. 1991. Comparative Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Middle Devonian Dark Gray and Black Shale Facies from 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 II 469:5-36 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]