Salmon Creek West - Wolcott (Silurian of the United States)
Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 44.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wolcott Formation (Clinton Group), Telychian (436.0 - 428.2 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, micaceous, gray, blue limestone
• Light bluish gray crystalline limestone with shale partings
Primary reference: T. Gillette. 1947. The Clinton of Western and Central New York. New York State Museum Bulletin (341) [L. Ivany/P. Wall] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 81879: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 17.07.2008