Nowadaga 1st Bridge: Shermanian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865
common category
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Triarthrus eatoni (Hall 1838)
common category
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Geisonoceras tenuistriatum
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Leptobolus insignis Hall 1871
common category
Inarticulata - Inarticulata
Inarticulata indet. Huxley 1869
Articulata - Articulata
Articulata indet. Huxley 1869
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Herkimer
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 74.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.8° South, 53.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval: Shermanian
Age range of interval: 457 - 449.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Trenton Formation:Dolgeville
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: thin dark calcilutites, ussually barren of fossils, interbedded with fissile black shales
Environment:deep-water indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:76744
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:P. Wall
Modifier:P. Wall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-11-30 10:16:15 Last modified:2007-11-30 14:35:56
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-30 10:16:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25968. L.V. Rickard and D.H. Zenger. 1964. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Richfield Springs and Cooperstown Quadrangles, New York. Bulletin of the New York State Museum and Science Service 396:101 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]