SUNY-B 1587 (CUPB) Steenberg quarry, South mountain (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.4° N, 74.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 22.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oneonta Formation (Genesee Group), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by Hoeg, Banks, Grierson, Hueber, in May-June 1959.

Primary reference: W. E. Stein. 2002. SUNY-Binghamton Paleobiology Collection. [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28946: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Manuela Gonzalez on 06.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Euphyllophytina "B1"
Ridged axis (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B2"
Ridged axis (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B3"
Ridged axis (dia. 10-20 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B4"
Ridged axis (dia. >20 mm)
Euphyllophytina "A2"
Smooth axis (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "C2"
Calamites? Irregularly patterned axis (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "C3"
Calamites? Irregularly patterned axis (dia. 10-20 mm)
Archaeopteridopsida
 Archaeopteridales - Archaeopteridaceae
Archaeopteris macilenta
Identified by collectors.