soft shales at banks of Genesee river, foot of upper Portage Falls: Early/Lower Famennian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Palaeotrochus praecursor
(Clarke 1885)
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Clarke 1904 | ||||||
| recombined as Pseudoplagiothyra praecursor | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Palaeozygopleuridae
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Loxonema multiplicatum n. sp.
Clarke 1904
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Clarke 1904 | ||||||
| recombined as Palaeozygopleura multiplicata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Praecardiidae
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? Cardium vetustum n. sp.
Hall 1843
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Hall 1843 | ||||||
| recombined as Vetupraeca vetusta | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Chautauqua |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 78.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° South, 26.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Famennian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 372.20000 - 368.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Canadaway | Formation: | Gowanda Shale | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Famennian, Early Nehdenian, UD II-C | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: outer shelf. | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | YPM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84619 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | ||
| Created: | 2008-11-03 20:43:16 | Last modified: | 2008-11-05 10:16:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-11-03 20:43:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28393. | J. Nagel-Myers, M. R. W. Amler, and R. T. Becker. 2008. Vetupraeca n. gen. and Mucopraeca n. gen. (Cryptodonta, Bivalvia): a reappraisal of Late Devonian bivalves from the Hercynian Facies. Journal of Paleontology 82(6):1150-1160 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 15803 | J. M. Clarke. 1904. Naples fauna in western New York, pt. 2. New York State Museum Memoirs 6:199-454 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 15968 | J. Hall. 1843. Geology of New York. Part IV, comprising the survey of the fourth geological district. Natural History of New York 4:1-683 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |