3135, Atrypa-Coelospira-Nucleospira community, Onondaga Limestone, NY: Eifelian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Orthotetacidae indet.
4 specimens
Eospirifiridae indet.
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
Stropheodontidae indet. Caster 1939
7 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Stropheodonta demissa (Conrad 1842)
3 specimens
recombined as Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa
Megastrophia sp. Caster 1939
3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Acrospirifer duodenaria (Hall 1843)
16 specimens
recombined as Patriaspirifer duodenaria
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella raricosta (Conrad 1842)
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer sp. Grabau 1931
5 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elytha fimbriata
4 specimens
synonym of Elita
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira ventricosa (Hall 1857)
11 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira camilla Hall 1867
40 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
80 specimens
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
2 specimens
Cyrtina hamiltonensis (Hall 1857)
8 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Cupularostrum sp. Sartenaer 1961
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Atribonium halli (Fagerstrom 1961)
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria mulistriata
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
8 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Green
Coordinates: 42.3° North, 73.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.9° South, 21.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:Moorehouse
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Lithology description: medium gray, medium grained, somewhat cherty limestone
Environment:deep subtidal shelf Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original silica
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Metadata
Also known as:AMNH locality 3135
Database number:9564
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:

830. H. R. Feldman. 1978. Brachiopods and Community Ecology of the Onondaga Limestone. Ph.D. thesis, Rutgers University 1-203 [A. Miller/K. Layou]