Where: Tioga County, Pennsylvania (41.8° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 26.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Catskill Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; brown, argillaceous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by A. Sherwin
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1892. On some new and little known Paleozoic vertebrates. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30:221-229 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164511: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.12.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Placodermi | |
Bothriolepis nitidus armour-plated fish | |
Holonema rugosa Claypole 1883 armour-plated fish | |
Osteichthyes | |
Ganorhynchus oblongus n. sp.
Ganorhynchus oblongus n. sp. Cope 1892 lungfish | |
Holoptychius americanus, "Holoptychius giganteus" = Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus, Holoptychus serrulatus n. sp.
Holoptychius americanus Leidy 1843 lobe-finned fish
"Holoptychius giganteus" = Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish
Holoptychus serrulatus n. sp. Cope 1897 lobe-finned fish | |
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