PBDB Collection

Fall Brook Coral Bed (Locality 21) (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Yates County, New York (42.7° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 24.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle varcus conodont zone, Windom Shale Member (Moscow Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; burrowed, gray mudstone

• soft gray mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Organisms present with relative abundance. Numerical values standardized to 6 kg sample size.

Primary reference: G. C. Baird and C. E. Brett. 1983. Regional variation and paleontology of two coral beds in the Middle Devonian Hamilton Group of Western New York. Journal of Paleontology 57(3):417-446 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96213: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jay Zambito on 21.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Spinulocosta spinulocosta, "indet." "brachiopods", "Fenestrate" "var. B", "bryzoan" "indet.", "pectinid" "fragments", "Bivalve" "indet.", "Gastropod" indet., "coiled cephalopod" indet., "Orthocone" indet., "Stem ossicles and plates (mostly Gilbertsocrinus" ?, "Trilobite Fragments" indet., "Lichid Fragments" indet., "Blastoid Fragments" indet., Athroacantha sp., "burrow" indet., ""Hooks"" indet. Spinulocosta spinulocosta "indet." "brachiopods" "Fenestrate" "var. B" "bryzoan" "indet." "pectinid" "fragments" "Bivalve" "indet." "Gastropod" indet. "coiled cephalopod" indet. "Orthocone" indet. "Stem ossicles and plates (mostly Gilbertsocrinus" ? "Trilobite Fragments" indet. "Lichid Fragments" indet. "Blastoid Fragments" indet. Athroacantha sp. "burrow" indet. ""Hooks"" indet.
Bivalvia
Cardiidia - Grammysiidae	Grammysia sp. Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae	Cypricardinia indenta Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842 clam
Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae	Modiomorpha subalata, Modiomorpha concentrica Modiomorpha subalata clam Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
Cardiida - Kalenteridae	Modiella pygmaea Modiella pygmaea clam
Cardiida -	Cypricardella sp. Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	"Macrodon hamiltoniae" = Parallelodon "Macrodon hamiltoniae" = Parallelodon clam
Ostreida - Pterineidae	Actinopteria decussata, "Leiopteria rafinesqui" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Actinopteria decussata oyster "Leiopteria rafinesqui" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae	? Pterinopecten sp., Pseudaviculopecten princeps ? Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop Pseudaviculopecten princeps scallop [entered as Pseudoaviculopecten princeps]
Myalinida - Ambonychiidae	"? Plethomytilus sp." = Mytilarca "? Plethomytilus sp." = Mytilarca Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Nuculanida - Cucullellidae	Nuculites sp. Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Palaeoneilo muta, Palaeoneilo sp., Palaeoneilo constricta Palaeoneilo muta clam Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam
Solemyida - Ctenodontidae	Tellinopsis subemarginata Tellinopsis subemarginata clam
Gastropoda
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	Bellerophontidae indet. Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Platyceras spp., "Naticonema lineatum" = Platyostoma lineata Platyceras spp. Conrad 1840 snail "Naticonema lineatum" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	Mourlonia sp., "Mourlonia capilaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail "Mourlonia capilaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842 snail
Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae	Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae Hall 1859 snail
Cephalopoda
Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae	Spyroceras indet. Spyroceras indet. Hyatt 1884
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Devonochonetes scitulus, Longispina mucronatus Devonochonetes scitulus Hall 1857 Longispina mucronatus
Strophomenida - Anopliidae	"Chonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus "Chonetes lepidus" = Klocinetes lepidus Hall 1857
Strophomenida - Strophodontidae	Megastrophia concava, "? Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Megastrophia concava "? Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae	Protoleptostrophia perplana, Mesoleptostrophia junia Protoleptostrophia perplana Conrad 1839 Mesoleptostrophia junia
Strophomenida - Douvillinidae	Douvillina inaequistriata Douvillina inaequistriata
Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae	Schuchertella sp. Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Camarotoechia spp. Camarotoechia spp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Spinatrypa spinosa, "Pseudatrypa cf. devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana Spinatrypa spinosa Hall 1843 "Pseudatrypa cf. devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana Webster 1921
Athyridida - Nucleospiridae	Nucleospira concinna Nucleospira concinna Hall 1843
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Athyris spiriferoides Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Elita fimbriata Elita fimbriata Conrad 1842
Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae	Mucrospirifer consobrinus, Mucrospirifer mucronatus Mucrospirifer consobrinus Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841
Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae	Mediospirifer audaculus, Spinocyrtia cf. granulosa Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842 Spinocyrtia cf. granulosa Conrad 1839
Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae	Ambocoelia umbonata Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella vanuxemi Rhipidomella vanuxemi Hall 1857
Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae	Rhipidothyris lepida Rhipidothyris lepida
Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae	Cyrtina hamiltoniae Cyrtina hamiltoniae
Lingulata
Lingulida - Lingulidae	Lingula sp. Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingulida - Discinidae	Orbiculoidea indet. Orbiculoidea indet. d'Orbigny 1847
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Fenestella planiramosa Fenestella planiramosa
Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae	? Rhombopora sp. ? Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae	Sulcoretepora sp., Taeniopora exigua Sulcoretepora sp. Taeniopora exigua Nicholson 1887
Fenestrata -	Fenestrata indet. Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Fistulipora sp. Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Trepostomata -	Trepostomata indet. Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Trilobita
Phacopida - Phacopidae	"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana "Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
Phacopida - Acastidae	Greenops boothi Greenops boothi Green 1837 trilobite
Coleolus
- Coleolidae	Coleolus sp. Coleolus sp. Hall 1879
Anthozoa
Favositida - Micheliniidae	Pleurodictyum cf. americanum Pleurodictyum cf. americanum tabulate coral
Tabulata -	Auloporida indet. Auloporida indet. Sokolov 1947 tabulate coral
Rugosa -	Rugosa indet. Rugosa indet. horn coral
Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae	Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae, Stereolasma rectum Amplexiphyllum hamiltoniae horn coral Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral

Ichnofossils -	Zoophycos sp., Chondrites sp. Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855 Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833