Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Syracuse Formation (Silurian of the United States)

Where: New York (43.1° N, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° S, 38.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Syracuse Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; dolomite and shale

• "The named brachiopods and Leperditia indicate a BA 1 assignment. The shells can occur on laminae separate from the eurypterids."

•2003:04:06 SEP environmental call based on liimited lithologic description and overall strat. context. NOTE: stratigraphically near evaporites and within a restricted basin; periodically experiences more normal marine conditions with increased tidal flushing, hence close association of more "normal marine" fauna and evaporites.

• "Dolomite, shale, evaporites."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26086: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.10.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" sp.
"Camarotoechia" sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus remipes
Eurypterus remipes DeKay 1825 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Erieopteridae
Erieopterus sp.
Erieopterus sp. eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Mixopteridae
Mixopteridae indet.
Mixopteridae indet. Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1955 eurypterid
 Eurypterida -
Waeringopterus cumberlandicus
Waeringopterus cumberlandicus Swartz 1923 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotidae indet.
Pterygotidae indet. Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 eurypterid
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
? Leperditia sp.
? Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod
Malacostraca
 Phyllocarida -
Phyllocarida indet.
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida -
Conulariida indet.
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae
Medusaegraptus sp.
Medusaegraptus sp. Ruedemann 1925