| Ludlowville Formation | |
| Type: | Formation |
| Age: | Devonian |
| Prilithology: | Shale |
| Otherlithology: | Limestone, Mudstone, Claystone |
| Region: | New York Pennsylvania Ohio |
| Country: | United States |
| Unitof: | Hamilton Group |
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| Underlies: | Moscow Formation |
| Overlies: | Skaneateles Formation |
| Map: | Ludlowville Map.jpg |
The Ludlowville Formation is a geologic formation in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. It dates to the Devonian period.[1]
The Owasco is a thin distinct silty unit. It has sharp distinct boundaries at its top and base. It is flaggy, locally fossiliferous and is displays cross bedding in some locations. The upper contact maybe a diastem, rather than an erosional disconformity. This unit is fairly thin only 1-2' thick in outcrops. It thickens westward.[2]
The brachiopod AIlanella tullius is one of the fossils the Owasco is noted for.
The Jaycox Formation is a geologic formation in New York. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.
The basial Jaycox contains the Hills Gulch bed, a fossiliferous bed with corals and shells, as well as megaburrows at its basial contact. The Hills Gulch is a calcareous siltstone.[3]
The Centerfield Limestone is a geologic formation in New York, and Pennsylvania. It dates back to the Devonian period. It is the lowest member of the Ludlowville Formation and it overlies the Skaneateles Formation.[4] [5] The Peppermill Gulf bed is included within the Centerfield Lime. The unit was named by Smith (1930)
This Limestone unit contains fossils of crinoids, rugosa, bivalvia, trilobites and brachiopods. This unit also contains several corals including; Eridophyllum and Heliophyllum hali.