SUNY-B 1654 (CUPB) Steenberg quarry, South mountain (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.4° N, 74.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.2° S, 41.5° W (Wright 2013)

• 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, permineralized, original carbon, replaced with pyrite, replaced with limonite

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by Hueber, Hodges, & Grierson, Summer 1960.

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 29006: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Manuela Gonzalez on 12.03.2003

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Taxonomic list

 Cordaitales -
Callixylon sp. Zalessky 1911
Identified by collectors.
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales -
Pseudosporochnus sp. Potonie and Bernard 1903
Identified by collectors. Foliage and axis
unclassified
  -
Euphyllophytina "B1"
Ridged axis (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B3"
Ridged axis (dia. 10-20 mm)
Euphyllophytina "BY1"
Ridged axis with dichotomous ramification (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "BY2"
Ridged axis with dichotomous ramification (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "BX1"
Ridged axis with multiple dichotomous ramifications (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "A1"
Smooth axis (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "AY1"
Smooth axis with dichotomous ramifications (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B2"
Ridged axis (dia. 3-10 mm)
Cladoxylopsida
 Pseudosporochnales -
Eospermatopteris sp. Goldring 1924
Identified by collectors.
Archaeopteridopsida
 Archaeopteridales - Archaeopteridaceae