Sample 66 (Union Springs Member, Marcellus Formation), Locality 1 (Nedrow), Onon: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina fissurella (Hall 1879)
0.993 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulacardium (Lunulacardium) curtum Hall 1870
0.002 %-specimens
Lunulacardium (Lunulacardium) curtum (Hall)
Pterochaenia fragilis
0.004 %-specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Onondaga
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 76.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.8° South, 23.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:Marcellus Member:Union Springs
Local section:Nedrow
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: sample taken from 3.75 m above the base of the outcrop
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: carbonaceous shale
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:All data are original proportions of species in samples. The sums of many of the samples do not equal 1.0 because rare species were deleted prior to analysis.
Metadata
Database number:9485
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-11-15 12:02:58 Last modified:2004-04-27 18:49:57
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

808. J. C. Brower and O. B. Nye, Jr. 1991. Quantitative Analysis of Paleocommunities in the Lower Part of the Hamilton Group near Cazenovia, 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 469:37-73 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]