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Bertie - Fiddlers Green, New York, USA

FormationBertie
MemberFiddlers Green
Age:423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalPridoli
Lithologylimestone, dolomite
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences15

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Bertie FormationHerkimer County, New York, USABertie - Fiddlers Green
Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Fiddlers Green MemberHerkimer County, New York, USABertie - Fiddlers Green
Eurypterids of the Fiddlers Green MemberGenesee County, New York, USABertie - Fiddlers Green

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Manlius - Thacher419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone, grainstone/lime mudstone, "limestone"/bindstone, "carbonate"33

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cooksonia sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cooksoniaceae : Cooksonia423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Scorpionida
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Scorpionida423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Eurypterida
order
4Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Clarkeipterus testudineus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Dolichopteridae : Clarkeipterus : Clarkeipterus testudineus423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Dolichopterus herkimerensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Dolichopteridae : Dolichopterus : Dolichopterus herkimerensis423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Dolichopterus jewetti
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Dolichopteridae : Dolichopterus : Dolichopterus jewetti423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Eurypterus laculatus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Eurypteridae : Eurypterus : Eurypterus laculatus423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Eurypterus remipes
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Eurypteridae : Eurypterus : Eurypterus remipes423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Acutiramus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Pterygotidae : Acutiramus423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Pterygotus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Pterygotidae : Pterygotus423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Xiphosurida
order
4Animalia : Arthropoda : Merostomata : Xiphosurida423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Lingulidae
family
5Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulidae423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Cephalopoda
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Banks H. P. (1974) Occurence of Cooksonia, the Oldest Vascular Land Plant Macrofossil, in the Upper Silurian of New York State, Journal of Indian Botanical Society Golden Jubilee 50A, 227-235
Plotnick R. E. (1999) Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids, Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 106-136
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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