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1.75 miles south of Shelby, Orleans County, New York, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 43.1667,-78.4069 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | New York, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Orleans County, New York, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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1.75 miles south of Shelby | Clarke J. M., Ruedemann R. (1903) | Goat Island - Niagara Falls | "limestone" | 430.5 - 427.4 Ma Silurian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Bellerophon shelbiensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon shelbiensis | 430.5 - 427.4 Ma Silurian |
Tremanotus angustata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Proserpinidae : Bucania : Bucania angustata | 430.5 - 427.4 Ma Silurian |
Poleumita crenulata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Poleumita : Straparollus crenulatus | 430.5 - 427.4 Ma Silurian |
Spiroraphe galtensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pleurotomariidae : Pleurotomaria : Pleurotomaria galtensis | 430.5 - 427.4 Ma Silurian |
Cyrtostropha macrospira species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisoniidae : Cyrtostropha : Cyrtostropha macrospira | 430.5 - 427.4 Ma Silurian |
Loxoplocus gothlandicus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Loxoplocus : Lophospira gothlandica | 430.5 - 427.4 Ma Silurian |
References
Clarke J. M., Ruedemann R. (1903) Guelph fauna in the state of New York, New York State Museum Memoirs 5, 1-100 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!