The Crown Point Formation is a geologic formation in New York and Vermont. It preserves invertebrate fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. Notable fossiliferous localities within the Crown Point Formation include quarries in the towns of Panton and Isle La Motte, Vermont.

Invertebrate Fauna Cephalopods of the Crown Point Formation Genus Species Notes ImagesStereospyrocerasStereospyroceras champlainensisVaginocerasVaginoceras oppletumVaningenocerasVaningenoceras sp.ProteocerasProteoceras perkinsiProteoceras pulchrumPlectocerasPlectoceras jasonNannoNanno sp.

Trilobites of the Crown Point Formation Genus Species Notes Images BumastoidesBumastoides globosus BumastusBumastus erastusiPlatillaenusPlatillaenus erastusiCryptolithusCryptolithus tesselatusHibbertiaHibbertia valcourensisFlexicalymeneFlexicalymene senariaIsotelusIsotelus gigasIsotelus jacobusPliomeropsPliomerops canadensisVogdesiaVogdesia bearsiCeratocaraCeratocara shawiThaleopsThaleops longispinaCybeloidesCybeloides primaCeraurinellaCeraurinella latipygaPhysemataspisPhysemataspis insularisHemiargesHemiarges turneriCalyptaulaxCalyptaulax annulataOtarionOtarion spinicaudatumLonchodomasLonchodomas chaziensisFailleanaFailleana calvaSphaerocorypheSphaerocoryphe goodnovi

Echinoderms of the Crown Point Formation Genus Species Notes Images DendrinocrinusDendrinocrinus alternatus

Brachiopods of the Crown Point Formation Genus Species Notes Images AteleasmaAteleasma multicostumCamerellaCamerella variansMacrocoeliaMacrocoelia champlainensis

Corals of the Crown Point Formation Genus Species Notes Images StreptelasmaStreptelasma expansumFoerstephyllumFoerstephyllum wissleriLambeophyllumLambeophyllum profundum

Bryozoans of the Crown Point Formation Genus Species Notes ImagesPrasoporaPrasopora orientalisRhinidictyaRhinidictya fenestrataStictoporaStictopora ramosa

Gastropods of the Crown Point Formation Genus Species Notes Images MacluritesMaclurites magnus

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New York

References