ammonites
Wilson Creek 5 (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Ontario County, New York (42.8° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° S, 24.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ledyard Shale Member (Ludlowville Formation), Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• 5 cm above start of Ledyard

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified shale

Primary reference: D. L. Boyer and M.L. Droser. 2007. Devonian monspecific assemblages: new insights into the ecology of reduced-oxygen depositional settings. Lethaia 40(4):321-333 [L. Ivany/P. Wall] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76399: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 19.11.2007