Trilobites of the Rochester Shale, New York
last revised 01 MAY 2018 by S.M. Gon III
Locality: Caleb's Quarry, Middleport, New York, USA
Stratigraphy: Lewiston Member, Rochester Shale Fm., Clinton Grp.
Age: Lower Silurian (Wenlockian), ca 425 Mya
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Location of the Rochester Shale today | Location of the Rochester Shale in the Lower Silurian |
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Dalmanites limulurus (Green 1832) ORDER PHACOPIDA | Calymene niagarensis (Hall 1852) ORDER PHACOPIDA | Bumastus ioxus (Hall 1852) ORDER CORYNEXOCHIDA | Arctinurus boltoni (Bigsby 1825) ORDER LICHIDA |
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Radnoria bretti Adrain & Tetreault 2005 ORDER PROETIDA | Trimerus delphinocephalus Green 1832 ORDER PHACOPIDA | Decoroproetus corycoeus (Conrad 1842) ORDER PROETIDA | Dicranopeltis nereus (Hall 1863) ORDER LICHIDA |
American Museum of Natural History: Trilobites of the Rochester Shale maintained by Andy Secher and Martin Shugar, 2010.
Whiteley, T.E., G. J. Kloc & C.E. Brett. 2002. Trilobites of New York. Cornell University Press.
Whiteley, T.E. & K. Smith. 2001. Fossil Lagerstatten of New York 3: Caleb's Quarry: Part 1 - the trilobites. American Paleontologist 9(1):3-5.
Adrain, J.M. & D.K. Tetreault. 2005. The brachymetopid trilobite Radnoria in the Silurian (Wenlock) of New York State and Arctic Canada. Can. J. Earth Sci./Rev. Can. Sci. Terre 42(12): 2087-2096.
Primitive Worlds (featuring the Rochester Shale trilobite species above)