Wolcott Creek - Rochester bottom: Sheinwoodian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites hisingeri
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Kloedenellidae
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Dizygopleura proutyi
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Beyrichiidae
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Beyrichia veronica
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Ostracoda
- Beyrichicopida
- Aechminidae
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Paraechmina postica
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Tropidocoryphidae
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Proetus corycoeus
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Decoroproetus corycoeus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Proteus corycoeus" | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Homalonotidae
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Homalonotus delphinocephalus
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Dalmanites limulurus
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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Pholidops squamiformis
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| synonym of Craniops | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella subplana
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena rhomboidalis
(Wahlenberg 1818)
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| recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Stropheodonta profunda
(Hall 1852)
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| recombined as Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella transversalis
(Wahlenberg 1818)
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| recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia obtusiplicata
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Camarotoechia neglecta
(Hall 1852)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Whitfieldella cylindrica
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Whitfieldella nitida
(Hall 1843)
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| oblata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer sulcatus
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Spirifer radiatus
Sowerby 1834
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| recombined as Eospirifer radiatus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella elegantula
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella hybrida
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa reticularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Anomia reticularis | ||||||||||
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Atrypa nodostriata
Hall 1852
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| recombined as Eospinatrypa nodostriata | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Phylloporinidae
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Chasmatopora asperatostriata
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Mesotrypa nummiformis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pterinea emacerata
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras niagarense
(Hall 1852)
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| recombined as Platyceras niagarensis | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Paraechmina spinosa
(Hall 1852)
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| original and current combination Cytherina spinosa | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Wayne |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 76.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° South, 44.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Wenlock |
| Stage: | Sheinwoodian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Sheinwoodian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 433.40000 - 430.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,brown,gray lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | flat-pebble lithified argillaceous lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Brownish gray, calcareous shale with very few argillaceous limestones. Fossils abundant. Some layers filled with them. Whitfieldella cylindrica very common in lowest layers exposed in stream bed. Fossils of this species making up the major part of some layers. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 82510 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | P. Wall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-28 10:48:53 | Last modified: | 2008-07-28 13:48:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-28 10:48:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27610. | T. Gillette. 1947. The Clinton of Western and Central New York. New York State Museum Bulletin (341) [L. Ivany/P. Wall] |