Salmon Creek East Reynales (Silurian of the United States)
Where: Wayne County, New York (43.3° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 46.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Reynales Formation (Clinton Group), Aeronian (439.0 - 436.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, hematitic, micaceous, shelly/skeletal, gray, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone
• Dark gray argillaceous limestone with medium gray crystalline layers in lower 8 ft. Upper 3 feet thin-bedded with shale partings. Upper 7 feet very cherty. Lower 3 feet impregnated with hematitic layers. Pentamerus layers confined to basal part.
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 81902: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 17.07.2008