Locality 27, Fayette Town Quarry/Dump, Levanna Member, Skaneateles Formation, Se: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad 1841)
r
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Echinocoelia sp. n. sp.
c
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia ? sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
c [entered as Camaroetoechia sp.]
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Eumetabolotoechia multicostum (Hall 1860)
recombined as Eumetabolotoechia multicostata
a
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina mucronatus
x
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
x
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
r
Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina fissurella (Hall 1879)
a
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Pterochaenia fragilis
x
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
x
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras ? sp. Foerste 1932
x
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Tornoceras uniangulare (Conrad 1842)
x
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae (Hall 1859)
x
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glyptotomaria sp. Knight 1945
x [entered as Glytotomaria sp.]
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
x
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Seneca
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 76.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° South, 24.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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:Fayette Town Quarry/Dump
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:9353
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-10-23 10:37:35 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]