SUNY-B 201 Peuplier point, Dalhousie (Devonian of Canada)

Where: New Brunswick, Canada (48.0° N, 66.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° S, 18.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campbellton Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and conglomerate

• Nodules come from a white calcareous mud cliff, they weather out onto the beach. Nodules also occur in a consolidated shale at the base of these cliffs, almost at tide line. Matrix of the nodules is a medium to coarse sandstone cemented by CaCO3, dolomites and insoluble sulfates.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by F.M. Hueber, J.D. Grierson, J. Ferrigno, in August 10, 1965.

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 29334: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Manuela Gonzalez on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Collectors provided an extensive list of other species found in this and nearby localities in the field notes (located in SUNY-B).
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unclassified
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Euphyllophytina "B1", Euphyllophytina "B2", Euphyllophytina "BY2", Euphyllophytina "BX2", Euphyllophytina "BZ2", Euphyllophytina "D2"
Euphyllophytina "B1"
Ridged axis (dia. <3 mm)
Euphyllophytina "B2"
Ridged axis (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "BY2"
Ridged axis with dichotomous ramification (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "BX2"
Ridged axis with multiple dichotomous ramifications (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "BZ2"
Ridged axis with lateral ramification (dia. 3-10 mm)
Euphyllophytina "D2"
Axis with spines (dia. 3-10 mm)
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales - Psilophytaceae
Psilophyton princeps
Psilophyton princeps Dawson 1859
Identified by collectors.