Western Area, Zone C (Biostrome), Onondaga Limestone, NY: Eifelian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
frequent
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Stropheodonta inequiradiata
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
very rare
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia perplana (Conrad 1839)
recombined as Protoleptostrophia perplana
questionable identification
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis
common
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella pandora
common
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
very rare
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer raricosta
rare
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
very rare
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
frequent
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella arata (Conrad 1841)
very rare
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella nasuta (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Meristina nasuta
rare
Pentagonia unisulcata
very rare
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
very common
Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Codasteridae
Codaster pyramidatus Shumard 1858
very rare
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae
very rare
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Halliidae
Blothrophyllum promissum
frequent
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Breviphrentis yandelli
very rare
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851
rare
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Eridophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
very rare
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bethanyphyllidae
Bethanyphyllum robustum
very common
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis prolifica
very common
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875
common
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis gigantea
rare
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
Synaptophyllum simcoense
common
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides americanum
very common
Cystiphylloides sulcatum
very rare
Cystiphylloides sp. (Chapman 1893)
rare
Cystiphylloides cf. conifolis
common
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
rare
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Romingeriidae
Romingeria sp. Nicholson 1879
very rare
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829
very rare
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites emmonsi
frequent
Favosites epidermatus
very rare
Favosites tuberosa
very rare
Favosites turbinatus
frequent
Favosites basalticus (Goldfuss 1826)
common
Favosites canadensis (Billings 1858)
rare
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum convexum
very rare
Pleurodictyum cylindricum
very rare
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878
very rare
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 78.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° South, 25.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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
Regional section:western area
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Lithology description: limestone with light grey chert
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:9547
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-11-12 10:03:09 Last modified:2004-04-27 18:49:57
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-12 10:03:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

827. W. A., J.r. Oliver. 1952. Stratigraphy of the Onondaga Limestone in Central New York. PhD thesis, Cornell University 1-98 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]