Where: Genesee County, New York (43.0° N, 78.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 40.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Fiddlers Green Member (Bertie Formation), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; argillaceous dolomite
•2003:05:03 SEP environmental call based on stratigraphic context of unit also Tollerton-Victor-P Jr. 1983.
•The Geological Society of America; Northeastern Section, 18th annual meeting. 15, 3 Pages 191. Could possibily be peritdal, but these facies likely lagoonal
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 26088: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.10.2002
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Taxonomic list
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Eurypterus laculatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1958 eurypterid | |