Highland Mills - Kanouse Sandstone - Erie Cut: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella pandora
common category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
Eodevonaria arcuata (Hall 1857)
abundant category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Stropheodonta demissa (Conrad 1842)
abundant category
recombined as Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa
Megastrophia hemispherica
common category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia perplana (Conrad 1839)
common category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elytha fimbriata
common category
synonym of Elita
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
? Spirifer duodenarius
abundant category
Spirifer macra
common category
Spirifer macrothyris
rare category
Spirifer subcuspidatus
rare category
var. lateincisus
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella nasuta (Conrad 1842)
common category
recombined as Meristina nasuta
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
common category
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Prionothyris sp.
rare category
Amphigenia curta
abundant category
Amphigenia elongata (Vanuxem 1842)
abundant category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella musculosa (Hall 1857)
abundant category
recombined as Discomyorthis musculosa
var. solaris
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platyorthidae
Platyorthis sp.
common category
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
abundant category
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida
? Cyrtoceras eugenium
rare category
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
? Orthoceras luxum
rare category
Gastropoda
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
common category
    = Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Wagner et al. 2021
    = Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Wagner 2023
Pleurotomaria sp.
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Diaphorostoma lineatum (Conrad 1842)
rare category
corrected as Platyostoma lineata
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Conocardium cuneus (Conrad 1840)
abundant category
recombined as Hoareicardia cunea
Conocardium trigonale (Hall 1843)
abundant category
replaced by Hoareicardia cunea
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Cornellites flabellum
common category
Actinopteria decussata
rare category
Limoptera sp. Hall 1869
rare category
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops cristata Hall 1861
rare category
recombined as Viaphacops cristatus
var. pipa
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Anchiopsis anchiops (Green 1832)
abundant category
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1839
common category
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Zaphrentis sp. Haime 1850
very abundant category
synonym of Zaphrenthis
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846
rare category
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829
common category
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
rare category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Orange
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 74.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.7° South, 22.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kanouse
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Onondaga Age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse,ferruginous,pebbly,white lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Disassociated major elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:76163
Authorizer:L. Ivany, P. Novack-Gottshall Enterer:P. Wall, P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-11-14 16:29:13 Last modified:2007-11-14 18:29:13
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-14 16:29:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25816. C. H. Kindle and S.H. Eidman. 1955. Fauna of the Kanouse Sandstone at Highland Mills, New York. Journal of Paleontology 29(1):183-185 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]

Secondary references:

75888 P. Wagner, E. L. Stanley, J. D. Daza and A. M. Bauer. 2021. A new agamid lizard in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 104813 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]