Also known as #1 in Dorf & Rankin (1962) and Kasper et al. (1988)
Where: Maine (46.0° N, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° S, 15.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Trout Valley Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)
• overlies the Traveler Rhyolite which was dated by Bottino et al (1966) as 360+/-10 Ma. Formation is about 1500 feet thick.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black, gray siltstone and lithified, black, gray sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: adpression, coalified, original carbon, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. Dorf and D. Rankin. 1962. Early Devonian plants from the Traveler Mountain area, Maine. Journal of Paleontology 36:999-1004 [P. Gensel/M. Kotyk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10600: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Michele Kotyk on 28.05.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
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| Thursophyton | |
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Thursophyton sp.2 Nathorst 1915 | |
| Emphanisporites | |
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Emphanisporites rotatus2 Macgregor 1973 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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| Kaulangiophyton akantha | |
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Kaulangiophyton akantha3 Gensel and Kasper 1969 | |
| Taeniocrada | |
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Taeniocrada sp.1 White 1902 | |
| Psilophytopsida | |
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Psilophyton dapsile n. sp.4
? Psilophyton sp.2 Dawson 1859 | |
| Protozoa | |
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| Grandispora | |
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Grandispora sp.2 Hoffmeister 1955 | |
| Apiculiretusispora | |
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Apiculiretusispora sp.2 Streel 1964 | |