Flank-cap facies (IX), Leroy bioherm, Onondaga Limestone, Genesee Co., NY: Eifelian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Romnigeria sp.
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| present | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentidae
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Heliophyllum sp.
Hall 1846
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Eridophyllidae
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Acinophyllum sp.
McLaren 1959
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Cylindrophyllum sp.
Simpson 1900
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| present | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Bethanyphyllidae
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Bethanyphyllum sp.
Stumm 1949
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| common | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Heterophrentis sp.
Billings 1875
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| present | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Siphonophrentidae
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Siphonophrentis sp.
O'Connell 1914
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| questionable identification | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stauriidae
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Synaptophyllum sp.
Simpson 1900
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| present | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Cystiphyllidae
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Edaphophyllum sp.
Simpson 1900
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Cystiphylloides sp.
(Chapman 1893)
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| common | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Aulocystidae
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Aulocystis sp.
Schlüter 1885
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| common | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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Cladopora sp.
Hall 1851
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| common | ||||||||||
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Thamnopora sp.
Steininger 1831
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| common | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Emmonsia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Favosites sp.
Lamarck 1816
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| abundant | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Genesee |
| Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 78.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.6° South, 25.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 | *Local age/stage: | Erian |
| Key time interval: | Eifelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Onondaga | Member: | Edgecliff |
| Local section: | Leroy bioherm | Local bed: | Flank-cap facies (IX) |
| Local order: | no particular order | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray grainstone | ||
| Lithology description: whitish gray to pink, extremely coarse crinoid sand | |||
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 9535 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-12-11 14:46:48 | Last modified: | 2004-04-27 18:49:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-04-02 12:04:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 825. | R. Z. Poore. 1969. The LeRoy Bioherm: Onondaga Limestone (Middle Devonian) western New York. M.S. thesis, Brown University 1-69 [A. Miller/K. Layou] |