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Monday, November 14, 2011
Trematospira camara from Lockport, NY
A common brachiopod found in the Irondequoit limestone Rochester Shale is Trematospira camara. It's a flattened, fan shaped rhyconellind and is the thrid most common brachiopod that I've found at the site (after Atrypa and Leptaena).
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TheIrondequoit limestone Rochester Shale is middle Silurian (Sheinwoodian). The specimen above was found near Lockport, NY. My ID is based on this page from the New York Paleontology web site.
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