Eastern area, Richfield Springs quadrangle, Onondaga Limestone, NY: Eifelian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis prolifica
rare
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875
common
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Rutoceratidae
Goldringia trivolvis
frequent
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes mucronatus
frequent
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella ampla
rare
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella pandora
rare
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenia lenticularis (Vanuxem 1842)
recombined as Levenea lenticularis
frequent
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Pentagonia unisulcata
rare
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira camilla Hall 1867
rare
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
rare
Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina fissurella (Hall 1879)
rare
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops cristata Hall 1861
recombined as Viaphacops cristatus
rare
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Odontocephalus selenurus
rare
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Otsego
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 74.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.4° South, 22.4° 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:Nedrow
Regional section:eastern area
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Lithology description: limestone, cherty
Environment:deep subtidal shelf Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:9554
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-11-12 12:16:10 Last modified:2004-04-27 18:49:57
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-12 12:16:10
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]