3138A, Atrypa-Coelospira-Nucleospira community, Onondaga Limestone, NY is a fossil collection site in Ulster, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Onondaga Formation, dated to the Eifelian (393.47–387.95 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deep subtidal shelf and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Atrypa reticularis, Megakozlowskiella raricosta, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Pentamerella arata, Levenea, Dalejina.

Geologic setting

Formation: Onondaga
Geologic interval: Eifelian
Age: 393.47–387.95 Ma
Depositional environment: deep subtidal shelf
Tectonic setting: foreland basin
Recorded occurrences: 19

Locality notes

on the NY State Thruway at the Saugerties interchange; coordinates based on the location of Saugerties, NY near Interchange 20 on I-87, presumed to be the correct interchange.

Fossils found here

Atrypa reticularis

Rhynchonellata · Atrypidae

Megakozlowskiella raricosta

Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinopsidae

Leptaena rhomboidalis

Strophomenata · Rafinesquinidae

Pentamerella arata

Rhynchonellata · Clorindidae

Levenea

Rhynchonellata · Dalmanellidae

Dalejina

Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae

Coelospira camilla

Rhynchonellata · Anoplothecidae

Nucleospira

Rhynchonellata · Nucleospiridae

Pentagonia

Rhynchonellata · Meristellidae

Megastrophia

Strophomenata · Strophodontidae

Schizophoria

Rhynchonellata · Schizophoriidae

Patriaspirifer duodenaria

Rhynchonellata · Hysterolitidae

Cyrtina hamiltonensis

Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinidae

Elita

Rhynchonellata · Elythidae

Mucrospirifer

Rhynchonellata · Mucrospiriferidae

Cupularostrum

Rhynchonellata · Trigonirhynchiidae

Rhipidomella

Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae

Athyridacea

Rhynchonellata

Athyris

Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9563 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about 3138A, Atrypa-Coelospira-Nucleospira community, Onondaga Limestone, NY

Can you collect at 3138A, Atrypa-Coelospira-Nucleospira community, Onondaga Limestone, NY?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at 3138A, Atrypa-Coelospira-Nucleospira community, Onondaga Limestone, NY?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.