Locality 2 (Wanakah Shale, Smokes Creek, NY): Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Hapalocrinidae
Cyttarocrinus sp. Goldring 1923
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Aorocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Icthyocrinidae
Synaptocrinus nuntius
Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Eutaxocrinus whiteavesi Springer 1906
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
Bactrocrinites fieldi
unclassified
Clionlithes sp.
Pleurotomaridae indet.
Stylioina fissurella
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Ponderodictya sp. Coryell and Malkin 1936
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Euglyphella sp. Warthin 1934
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops boothi (Green 1837)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops rana (Green 1832)
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Naticonema lineata (Conrad 1842)
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Cornellites flabella
Leiopteria sp. Hall 1883
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
[entered as Paleoneilo sp.]
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholidops linguloides
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Truncalosia truncata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Retichonetes lepidus (Hall 1857)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Devonochonetes scitulus (Hall 1857)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillina inaequistriata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia perplana (Conrad 1839)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Schuchertella arctostriata (Hall 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hamiltonensis (Hall 1857)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus limitare
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella vanuxemi (Hall 1857)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira concinna (Hall 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris spiriferoides (Eaton 1831)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elytha fimbriata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer angustus
Mediospirifer mucronatus
Mediospirifer audaculus (Conrad 1842)
Spinocyrtia granulosa (Conrad 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus carinatus (Conrad 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ramose, bifoliate, encrusting
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Acrogenia sp.
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites bellulus Hall 1876
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus dichotoma
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum (Hall 1843)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Erie
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 78.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° South, 26.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian
Stage: Givetian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 3
*Period:Middle Devonian *Epoch:Middle Middle Devonian
*Local age/stage:Tioughniogan
Key time interval: Givetian
Age range of interval: 387.7 - 382.7 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ludlowville Member:Wanakah
Local section:Smokes Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The Ludlowville Formation is a member of the Hamilton Group, this is an upper Wanakah section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray argillaceous mudstone
Lithology description: the wanakah is a dark gray fissile mudrock, 12-21 m thick, composed of approximately 97% clay, mostly illite and chlorite, with minor amounts of quartz silt and calcite.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected)
Collection method comments: This is the main faunal list for locality 2
Metadata
Database number:5661
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:5662, 5663, 5664, 5666
Created:1999-11-10 10:51:28 Last modified:2004-04-27 18:49:56
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

347. C. R. Clement. 1982. The Occurrence and Paleoecology of Echinoderm Asseblages in the Ludlowville Shales (Middle Devonian) of western Erie County, New York. 1-110 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]