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Coeymans Limestone, USA

Formation	Coeymans Limestone
Member(s)	Deansboro
Age:	416 - 392 Ma Devonian
Interval	Helderberg
Tectonic Setting	Foreland basin
Lithology	grainstone, "reef rocks"
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	26

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Aknisophyllum Assemblage	Herkimer County, New York, USA	Coeymans Limestone - Deansboro
Selby Limestone	Onondaga County, New York, USA	Coeymans Limestone - Deansboro
Decker Formation Brachiopods	Franklin County, New York, USA	Coeymans Limestone
Montague	Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	Coeymans Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Coeymans Limestone - Deansboro	419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	grainstone, "reef rocks"	23
Decker	423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic	dolomite/grainstone	13
Denley Limestone	458 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	carbonate, "carbonate"/"shale", "limestone"	652
Kalkberg Limestone	416 - 392 Ma Devonian	limestone	15
Kings Falls Limestone	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	limestone	3
Manlius Limestone	419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	carbonate	11
Napanee Limestone	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	limestone, grainstone	13
Onondaga - Moorehouse	393 - 388 Ma Devonian	limestone, "limestone"/chert	419
Onondaga - Nedrow and Moorehouse	393 - 388 Ma Devonian	limestone	33
Onondaga - Seneca	393 - 388 Ma Devonian	limestone	142
Selby Limestone	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	limestone	5
Sugar River Limestone	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	limestone	6
Clinton - Williamson Shale	439 - 427 Ma Silurian	shale, "shale"/"siliciclastic", "shale"/"limestone", claystone/siltstone	215
Lower Trenton - Denley Limestone - Dolgeville	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	shale	18
Lower Trenton - Sugar River Limestone	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	shale	104

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Trilobita class	3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Brachiopoda phylum	2	Animalia : Brachiopoda	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Coelospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Anoplothecidae : *Coelospira*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Meristella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Meristellidae : *Meristella*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Nucleospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Nucleospiridae : *Nucleospira*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Trematospira perforata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Rhynchospirinidae : Trematospira : *Trematospira perforata*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Atrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Atrypa*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Levenea subcarinata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : Levenea : *Levenea subcarinata*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Dalejina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : *Dalejina*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Schizophoria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Schizophoriidae : *Schizophoria*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Gypidula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Gypidulidae : *Gypidula*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cupularostrum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Trigonirhynchiidae : *Cupularostrum*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Plethorhyncha sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Uncinulidae : *Plethorhyncha*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Plicoplasia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : *Plicoplasia*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Spinoplasia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : *Spinoplasia*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Megakozlowskiella perlamellosa species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtinopsidae : Megakozlowskiella : *Megakozlowskiella perlamellosa*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Howellella cycloptera species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Delthyrididae : Howellella : *Howellella cycloptera*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Cyrtina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Cyrtinidae : *Cyrtina*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Nanothyris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Centronellidae : *Nanothyris*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Rensselaerina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Centronellidae : *Rensselaerina*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Schuchertella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Schuchertellidae : *Schuchertella*	416 - 391.9 Ma Devonian
Bryozoa phylum	2	Animalia : Bryozoa	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Trepostomatida order	4	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Rugosa subclass	3.3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Rugosa	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tabulata subclass	3.3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Tabulata	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Auloporidae family	5	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporidae	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Fletcheria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Fletcheriidae : *Fletcheria*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Aphyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Tryplasmatidae : *Aphyllum*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Coenites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Coenitidae : *Coenites*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Favosites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Favosites*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Favositidae family	5	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cladopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pachyporidae : *Cladopora*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pseudoblothrophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Kodonophyllidae : *Pseudoblothrophyllum*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pseudoblothrophyllum arrectum species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Kodonophyllidae : Pseudoblothrophyllum : *Pseudoblothrophyllum arrectum*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pseudoblothrophyllum munnsvillium species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Kodonophyllidae : Pseudoblothrophyllum : *Pseudoblothrophyllum munnsvillium*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Aknisophyllum consuitum species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Aknisophyllum : *Aknisophyllum consuitum*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Breviphrentis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Zaphrentidae : *Breviphrentis*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Briantelasma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : *Briantelasma*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Briantelasma americanum species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Briantelasma : *Briantelasma americanum*	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Echinodermata phylum	2	Animalia : Echinodermata	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Gastropoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Stromatoporoidea class	3	Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea	419.2 - 410.8 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

References

Boucot A. J., Gauri K. L., et al (1970) Silurian and Lower Devonian brachiopods, structure and stratigraphy of the Green Pond Outlier in southeastern New York, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 135 1-2, 1-59

Precht W. F. (1989) Lower Devonian reefs of the Coeymans Formation in the northern Appalachian basin, Reefs, Canada and adjacent areas. Canadian Soc. Petrol. Geologists, Memoir 13, 514-519

Oliver, Jr. W. A. (1999) The principal Pridolian and Lochkovian rugose coral assemblages or communities in eastern North America, Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 800-805

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!

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