Pine Hill section, near Highland Mills: Pragian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Carydiidae
Carydium gregarium
Clarke 1909
    = Carydium clarkei n. sp. Bailey 1986
Bailey 1986
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Orange
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 74.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° South, 29.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Pragian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
Key time interval:Pragian
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Oriskany
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NYSM
Metadata
Database number:70104
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-16 12:17:34 Last modified:2007-03-16 14:20:46
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-16 12:17:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23514. J. B. Bailey. 1986. North American Devonian Carydiidae (Bivalvia): Systematics, Phylogeny, and Implications in Early Diversification of the Class. Journal of Paleontology 60(2):302-326 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

15806 J. M. Clarke. 1909. Early Devonic history of New York and eastern North America. Part 2. New York State Museum Memoirs 9(2):1-255 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]