Locality 9 Factoryville RR tunnel (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Pennsylvania (41.6° N, 75.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.5° S, 43.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chemung Formation, Late/Upper Devonian (382.7 - 358.9 Ma)

• Arnold: The age is given as "Catskill", although it is probably oler (Chemung or Canadaway).

Environment/lithology: shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Arnold: The remains were probably gathered during construction of the tunnel.

Primary reference: C. A. Arnold. 1939. Observations On Fossil Plants From the Devonian of Eastern North America IV. Plant Remains from the Catskill Delta Deposits of Northern Pennsylvania and Southern New York. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 5(11):271-314 [W. Stein/W. Stein/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14235: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Nicole Smith on 28.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Archaeopteridopsida
 Archaeopteridales - Archaeopteridaceae
Archaeopteris macilenta
found in the Lacoe Collection
Archaeopteris minor
found in the Lacoe Collection