Caryocrinites ornatus-Eucalyptocrinites Association of the Gasport: Wenlock, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Asaphocinus sp.
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Gomphocysstites cf. tenax
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Camarata indet.
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indet. camarate 1, 2, and 3 | ||||||||||
Holocystitidae
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? Holocystites sp.
Hall 1864
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Rhombifera
- Cheirocrinidae
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Calceocrinus chrysalis
(Hall 1860)
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original and current combination Cheirocrinus chrysalis | ||||||||||
[entered as Caleocrinus chrysalis] | ||||||||||
Rhombifera
- Callocystitidae
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Callocystites jewetti
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Crinoidea
- Botryocrinidae
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? Gothocrinus multibrachiatus
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Crinoidea
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Icthyocrinus conoideus
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Icthyocrinus laevis
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Icthyocrinus subangulatus
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Crinoidea
- Sagenocrinida
- Lecanocrinidae
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Lecanocrinus cf. pusillus
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Crinoidea
- Pisocrinida
- Pisocrinidae
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Pisocrinus sp.
de Koninck 1858
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Crinoidea
- Calceocrinida
- Calceocrinidae
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? Eohalysiocrinus typus
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Catatonocrinus halli
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Eucalyptocrinitidae
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Calliocrinus sp.
Orbigny 1850
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Eucalyptocrinites caelatus
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Eucalyptocrinites sp.
Goldfuss 1831
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Periechocrinidae
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Periechocrinus cf. speciosus
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Patelliocrinidae
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Macrostylocrinus cf. granulosus
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Macrostylocrinus sp.
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Gazacrinidae
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Gazacrinus immaturus
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Dimerocrinitidae
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Dimerocrinites lockportensis
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Rhombifera
- Caryocrinitidae
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Caryocrinites ornatus
Say 1825
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Blastoidea
- Coronata
- Stephanocrinidae
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Stephanocrinus angulatus
Conrad 1842
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New York |
Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 78.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.1° South, 44.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Wenlock |
10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
*Period: | Early/Lower Silurian | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Wenlock - Middle Wenlock |
Key time interval: | Wenlock | ||
Age range of interval: | 433.40000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Clinton | Formation: | Gasport Limstone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",planar lamination,grading,dolomitic lithified packstone |
Lithology description: The dominant lithology is dolomitic pelmatozoan pack- and grainstones; fossils are disarticulated and commonly fragmented, but (rarely) complete tecae and evencrowns of pelmatozoans occur, particularly on the flanks of small bioherms. Lamination, minor graded bedding, and cross stratification are common, and in the Gasport Limestone, apparent bipolar (herringbone) cross lamination is well developed in some outcrops. | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 13338 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | K. Koverman |
Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2002-02-28 08:16:49 | Last modified: | 2006-09-15 15:14:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-28 08:16:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4379. | T. J. Frest, C. E. Brett, and B. J. Witzke. 1999. Caradocian-Gedinnian echinoderm associations of Central and Eastern North America. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 638-783 [M. Foote/K. Koverman/P. Wagner] |