Mosquito Point: Pragian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula coeymanensis
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
pelmatozoan debris
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Briantelasma knoxboroensis
Briantelasma americanum Oliver 1960
Breviphrentis variabilis
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Pseudoblothrophyllum helderbergicum
Pseudoblothrophyllum munnsvillium Oliver 1960
Pseudoblothrophyllum arrectum Oliver 1960
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Aphyllum fascicularium
genus name in quotes
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae
Fletcheria incognita
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 76.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° South, 30.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Pragian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
*International age/stage:Lochkovian
Key time interval:Pragian
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mosquito Point
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Limited to small bioherms in Deansboro Member. Ebert & Matteson changed this to Mosquito Point formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "biohermal mounds"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "...formed biohermal mounds, apparently contemporary with and surrounded by Aknisophyllum Assemblage and Gypidula coeymanensis Comm...At times the tops of buildups were shallow enough to experience turbulence...In contrast, branching colonial rugosans and tabulates are commonly in growth position, indicating quiet periods or protected situations...Boucot's assignment to BA 3, turbulent situation, seems logical...The bioherms were isolated, scattered buildups on a broad, flat bottom below normal wave base but shallow enough that the buildups (up to 10 m high and 50 m or more in diameter) could reach zone of normal turbulence..."

2003:05:03 SEP environmental call based on given description
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Emphasis here is on the rugosans. Tabulates, brachiopods, stromatoporoids, gastropods, pelmatozoans, and bryozoans present but not listed.
Metadata
Also known as:Briantelasma Assemblage, Coeymans Limestone, New York
Database number:24955
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-23 12:21:41 Last modified:2024-01-28 17:04:13
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-23 12:21:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7005. W. A., J.r. Oliver. 1999. The principal Pridolian and Lochkovian rugose coral assemblages or communities in eastern North America. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities: A case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 800-805 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

86698 J.R. Ebert and D. K. Matteson. 2023. Lithostratigraphy, multi-taxa biostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy of the Helderberg Group (Přídolí–Lochkovian) in New York State. Bulletins of American Paleontology 403-404:103-151 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick/P. Wagner]