SUNY-B 329 Brown Mountain, Blenheim-Gilboa Power plant (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Schoharie River, NY

Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.4° N, 74.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° S, 22.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Panther Mountain Formation (Hamilton Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Bonamo, Banks, and Grierson (1988, p. 222): refer to Grierson and Banks (1963 and 1983).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, adpression, permineralized, replaced with pyrite, replaced with limonite

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by J.D. Grierson, R. Baschnagel, and Ed. Zyskowski, in April 8, 1971.

Primary reference: P. M. Bonamo, H. P. Banks, and J. D. Grierson. 1988. Leclercqia, Haskinsia, and the Role of Leaves in Delineation of Devonian Lycopod Genera. Botanical Gazette 149(2):222-239 [W. Stein/J. Kao/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21172: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Jenny Kao on 19.06.2002, edited by Manuela Gonzalez and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.3 Cuvier 1805
unclassified
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Chelicerata "indet. D"2 Heymons 1901
AMNH 43116
Arachnida
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Arachnida "indet. B"2 Lamarck 1801
AMNH 43103, 43112, 43113, 43114
 Trigonotarbida - Palaeocharinidae
Gilboarachne griersoni n. sp.2 Shear et al. 1987
AMNH 43043-43047
Gelasinotarbus fimbriunguis n. sp.2 Shear et al. 1987
AMNH 43162-43166, 43168, 43098-43102, 43106, 43107, 43047
Gelasinotarbus bonamoae2 Shear et al. 1987
AMNH 43083, 43084
Gelasinotarbus reticulatus n. sp.2 Shear et al. 1987
AMNH 43047, 43062, 43063
Myriapoda
 Devonobiomorpha - Devonobiidae
Devonobius delta1 Shear and Bonamo 1988 centipede
AMNH 43130, 43131, 43132, 43133, 43134, 43135
unclassified
  -
Euphyllophytina "B1"3
Ridged axis (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B2"3
Ridged axis (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B3"3
Ridged axis (dia. 10-20 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B4"3
Ridged axis (dia. >20 mm)
Euphyllophytina "BX1"3
Ridged axis with multiple dichotomous ramification (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "A1"3
Smooth axis (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "C3"3
Irregularly patterned axis (dia. 10-20 mm)
 Protolepidodendrales - Haskinsiaceae
Haskinsia colophylla
stem cross section
Protolepidodendraceae
  - Protolepidodendraceae
Leclercqia complexa Banks et al. 1972
sporangia and spores, stem cross section