Lunn's Quarry -Bear Creek: Aeronian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ostracoda
- Zygobolbidae
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Zygobolba curta
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Zygobolba excavata
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Zygobolba prolixa
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Arthrostylidae
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Helopora fragilis
Hall 1851
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Ptilodictyidae
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Phaenopora ensiformis
Hall 1852
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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Pholidops squamiformis
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| synonym of Craniops | |||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Lingula perovata
Hall 1852
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| recombined as Lingula (Palaeoglossa) perovata | |||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula clintoni
Vanuxem 1842
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Lingula oblata
Hall 1843
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Stropheodonta corrugata
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Gunnarella corrugata | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Anoplothecidae
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Coelospira hemispherica
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites minutus
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Modiolopsis subalatus
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Pyrenomoeus cuneatus
Hall 1852
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Bivalvia
- Solemyida
- Ctenodontidae
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Ctenodonta machaeriformis
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Ctenodonta mactriformis
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Oswego |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 76.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.1° South, 47.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| Stage: | Aeronian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Aeronian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 440.80000 - 438.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Clinton | Formation: | Bear Creek |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | hematitic,gray,green lithified sandy,calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified argillaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Dark gray or purple shale. Calcareous layers common. Few argillaceous dark gray limestones. Stringers of hematite appear in upper 18 inches and lower 30 inches. Thin sandy layers common throughout | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 82548 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | P. Wall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-28 14:52:40 | Last modified: | 2008-07-28 17:52:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-28 14:52:40 |
| 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] |