Windom Shale Locality 1: Givetian, New York

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Parabufina subovalis
Parabufina convexa
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Richinidae
Richina selenicristata n. sp.
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Ulrichia spinifera Coryell and Malkin 1936
Bollia hindei
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Arcyzonidae
Amphizona asceta
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella tricollina
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Hibbardia lacrimosa Kesling 1953
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae
Kirkbyella tora n. sp.
Kirkbyella verticalis
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae
Cryptophyllus arsinius n. sp. Stover 1956
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinidae
Adelphobolbina medialis n. sp.
Ctenoloculina cicatricosa Warthin 1934
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Birdsallella devonica Coryell and Malkin 1936
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bufinidae
Bufina bicornuta
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia cf. arkonensis Coryell and Malkin 1936
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Quasillites subobliquus
Quasillites angulatus
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Euglyphella numismoides
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New York County:Erie
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 79.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° South, 26.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Moscow Member:Windom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "from lower 5 feet of Windom shale"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,concretionary,shelly/skeletal,gray calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: "the Windom member consists of fine-grained, medium to dark gray shales interrupted by numerous thin [highly fossiliferous] coquinoid limestone bands and lenses" with concretions in "the upper 2 feet"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NYSM
Collection method comments: New York State Museum collection
collection and preparation methods unclear
Metadata
Also known as:Eighteen Mile Creek
Database number:94041
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-08 16:36:11 Last modified:2010-02-08 18:47:24
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-08 16:36:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31953. L. E. Stover. 1956. Ostracoda from the Windom Shale (Hamilton) of Western New York. Journal of Paleontology 30(5):1092-1142 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]