Gallupville (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.7° N, 74.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 26.6° S, 56.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thacher Member (Manlius Formation), Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, blue marl

• "ribbon" limestones (dark blue-gray, fine-grained calcisiltite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 76250: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 16.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Edrioasteroidea
 Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae
Pyrgopostibulla belli n. gen. n. sp.
Pyrgopostibulla belli n. gen. n. sp. Sumrall 2006