University quarry, Ithaca: Frasnian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Enfieldia mutilata leaf
Fry and Banks 1955
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Drydenia foliata multi organs
Fry and Banks 1955
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| lamina with a holdfast | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productella belanskii
Stainbrook 1943
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Rode and Lieberman 2004 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria impressa
(Hall 1843)
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Rode and Lieberman 2004 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Tylothyris clarksvillensis
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Rode and Lieberman 2004 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° South, 24.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Devonian | *Epoch: | Frasnian |
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | "Enfield" siltstone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Very similar to that of Hungerford quarry (#14253)
Additionally, Enfield is more recently refered to as Rock Stream siltstone. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | current ripples,"cross stratification",gray siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | current ripples,"cross stratification",gray sandy "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Fry (1955, p.39):The fossils are always found within the siltstone and not on its surfaces in contact with the shales. The do not howver lie perfectly flat. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14258 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Stein, A. Stigall | Enterer: | N. Smith, A. Stigall |
| Modifier: | W. Stein | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-05-29 08:59:54 | Last modified: | 2003-01-14 14:27:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-29 08:59:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6305. | W.L. Fry and H.P. Banks. 1955. Three New Genera of Algae from the Upper Devonian of New York. Journal of Paleontology 29:37-44 [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith] |
Secondary references:
| 14402 | A. L. Rode and B. S. Lieberman. 2004. Using GIS to unlock the interactions between biogeography, environment, and evolution in middle and Late Devonian brachiopods and bivalves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211(3-4):345-359 [A. Stigall/A. Stigall/A. Stigall] |