SUNY-B 1127 (CUPB) Tar point, near Douglastown, Gaspe bay (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as South shore

Where: Quebec, Canada (48.8° N, 64.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° S, 11.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: York river Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by Banks 1935.

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 29020: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Manuela Gonzalez on 17.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Euphyllophytina "A2"
Smooth axis (dia. 3-10 mm)
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales - Psilophytaceae
Psilophyton sp. Dawson 1859
Identified by collector.