Also known as Was: Utica Shale, Mohawk Valley, New York

Where: Montgomery County, New York (42.9° N, 74.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 18.1° S, 104.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Climacograptus americanus graptolite zone, Flat Creek Member (Utica Shale Formation), Chatfieldian (453.8 - 451.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, black shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the NYSM

Primary reference: D. Goldman. 1995. Taxonomy, evolution, and biostratigraphy of the Orthograptus quadrimucronatus species group (Ordovician, Graptolithina). Journal of Paleontology 69(3):516-540 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37194: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 04.03.2004

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