Cranes Corners: Cayugan, New York
collected by Clark & Ruedemann 1912
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Eurypterida
- Dolichopteridae
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| One of Clarke& Ruedemann's D. testudineus specimens | ||||||||||
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Dolichopterus testudineus n. sp.
Clarke and Ruedemann 1912
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Herkimer |
| Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 75.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.8° South, 64.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Pridoli |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Cayugan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 422.5 - 419.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bertie Limestone | Member: | Fiddler's Green |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified dolomite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Clark & Ruedemann | Collection dates: | 1912 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75496 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | P. Wall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-14 13:04:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-14 13:04:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25494. | K. C. Caster and E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1956. Some notes on the genus Dolichopterus Hall. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):19-28 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/M. Clapham] |