Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.8° N, 74.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 26.6° S, 56.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Thacher Member (Manlius Formation), Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)
• Thacher might be latest Pridoli
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, tabular, fine-grained, blue marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: C. D. Sumrall. 2006. The Systematics and Ontogeny of Pyrgopostibulla belli, a New Edrioasteroid (Echinodermata) from the Lower Devonian of New York. Journal of Paleontology 80(1):187-192 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76242: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 16.11.2007
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Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Lophophorata | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Ostracoda | |
Herrmannina alta ostracod | |
Edrioasteroidea | |
Pyrgopostibulla belli n. gen. n. sp.
Pyrgopostibulla belli n. gen. n. sp. Sumrall 2006 |