308 Upper Silurian (Pridoli) Stromatoporoidea of New York

Upper Silurian (Pridoli) Stromatoporoidea of New York - BAP #308 Stromatoporoids are a major component of the faunas of the Upper Silurian (Pridoli) rocks in New York. They are found in the Wilbur, Glasco, and Cobleskill Members of the Rondout Formation. Eleven species are described. Three, Stomatopora clarkei Parks, Parallelostroma constellatum (Hall), and Denstroma tenuissimum (Parks) have previously been described from the Cobleskill Member. Stictostroma pseudoconvictum, n. sp., Plectostroma micum (Bogoyablenskaya), Stromatopora bekkeri Nestor, Stromatopora eoconcentrica, n. sp.,  Parallelostoma typicum (Rosen), Parallelostroma kaugatomicum (Riabinin), Parallelostroma rondoutense, n. sp. and Densastroma pexisum (Yavorsky) are reported here for the first time. Stromatoporoid faunas from the Rondout Formation are typical of the Upper Silurian. Some of these species reflect relationships with taxa from earlier or later ages. A study of the stratigraphy and paleoecology of the Rondout