62B-Tr-108: Mohawkian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
- Biernatidae
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Opsiconidion cf. praecursor
Popov et al. 1994
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| specimens originally id'ed as C. rusti; given as Opsiconidion sp. in the paper, but description says that it is very similar to Opsiconidion praecursor. | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
- Acrotretidae
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Conotreta rusti n. sp.
Walcott 1889
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Walcott 1889 | |||||||||
| Type locality: this is the only bed where it has been subsequently found. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Oneida, Herkimer |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.5° South, 53.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Mohawkian | Conodont zone: | Amorphognathus superbus |
| Age range of interval: | 457.00000 - 451.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Trenton | Formation: | Denmark |
| Local section: | Trenton Falls | Local bed: | 120 ft |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MCZ |
Metadata
| Database number: | 173686 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-10-08 19:21:30 | Last modified: | 2015-10-08 19:21:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-10-08 19:21:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56607. | L. E. Holmer. 2000. Redescription of the Ordovician acrotretoid brachiopod Conotreta Walcott, 1889. G.F.F 122(3):313-318 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 56611 | C. D. Walcott. 1889. Description of a new genus and species of inarticulate brachiopod from the Trenton Limestone. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12:365-366 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |