3144A, 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, Pentamerella arata, Dalejina, Coelospira camilla, Nucleospira ventricosa.

Geologic setting

Formation: Onondaga
Geologic interval: Eifelian
Age: 393.47–387.95 Ma
Depositional environment: deep subtidal shelf
Tectonic setting: foreland basin
Recorded occurrences: 11

Locality notes

Ulster Co. Highway Department quarry, Kingston, NY; quarry located on the west side of Kingston, and just west of Forsyth Park and Zoo; coordinates based on the location of Forsyth Park in Kingston, NY.

Fossils found here

Atrypa reticularis

Rhynchonellata · Atrypidae

Megakozlowskiella raricosta

Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinopsidae

Pentamerella arata

Rhynchonellata · Clorindidae

Dalejina

Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae

Coelospira camilla

Rhynchonellata · Anoplothecidae

Nucleospira ventricosa

Rhynchonellata · Nucleospiridae

Pentagonia

Rhynchonellata · Meristellidae

Schizophoria

Rhynchonellata · Schizophoriidae

Patriaspirifer duodenaria

Rhynchonellata · Hysterolitidae

Cyrtina hamiltonensis

Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9565 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about 3144A, Atrypa-Coelospira-Nucleospira community, Onondaga Limestone, NY

Can you collect at 3144A, 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 3144A, Atrypa-Coelospira-Nucleospira community, Onondaga Limestone, NY?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.