Rugosa of the dark shales of the Hanover Shale, western New York (Devonian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.0° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° S, 25.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Hanover Shale Member (Java Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• see PBDB coll. 35384 for assignment of Hanover Shale

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• "relatively deep water fauna"
• "dark shales"

Primary reference: R. A. McLean and J. E. Sorauf. 1988. The distribution of rugose corals in Frasnian outcrop sequences of North America. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 379-396 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40291: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum sp.
Metriophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral