Also known as Coal Measures; Head of Bay of Fundy
Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.7° N, 64.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° S, 7.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Joggins Formation (Cumberland Group), Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)
• Coal-group 26 has a total thickness of 118 ft (including a 4 inch coaly shale). (Dawson, 1878 p. 170). Currently, the Cumberland Group is considered eqivalent to Westphalian A (Langsettian) (see e. g. Holmes et al., 1989, J. Vert. Paleont. 19; or Falcon-Lang et al. 2006, J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 163).(TL)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; gray sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: coalified
Collected by J. W. Dawson, P. W. McNaughton, among others
Primary reference: R. L. Carroll. 1964. The earliest reptiles. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 45(304):61-83 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86946: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 25.02.2009, edited by Emma Dunne and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tetrapoda indet.4 Jaekel 1911 tetrapod "Tetrapoda incertae sedis": RM 12059 (pterygoid and maxilla); NMC 10041b (femur), both were originally assigned to Archerpeton anthracos by Carroll (1964); RM 12099 (isolated premaxilla), originally stated to be "Reptilian" by Carroll (1964)
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Hylonomus lyelli Dawson 1860 eureptile NMC 10046 (vertebrae, pelvis, limb elements), 10048 (vertebral column, pelvis incl. hind limb and feet)
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Trachystegos megalodon n. sp.2
Trachystegos megalodon n. sp.2 Carroll 1966 amniote BM(NH) R.4563 (holotype) skull roof, lower jaw, and poorly preserved postcranial remains; RM 12003 palatine tooth plate, vertebra, and humerus; RM 2.1184 humerus; RM 12081 humerus
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Asaphestera intermedia n. sp.2
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Archerpeton anthracos n. gen. n. sp.
Archerpeton anthracos n. gen. n. sp. Carroll 1964 tetrapod RM 12056 (partial skeleton; holotype), 12202 (isolated maxilla), 12206 (forelimb; paratype)
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Ricnodon sp.2 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod A number of badly disarticulated specimens possibly belonging to the genus Ricnodon but specifically indeterminate. RM 12077 (skull roof, dentary, vertebra, and ulna), RM 12062 (maxill, dentary, right half of pelvic girdle and femus), RM 12062a (right half of pelvic girdle), BM(NH) R.447 (maxilla, dentary, premaxilla, vertebrae, ribs, and pelvis)
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Dendrerpeton confusum n. sp.3
Dendrerpeton confusum n. sp.3 Milner 1996 tetrapod RM 2.1185/NHMUK R4554 (holotype) large skull in part and counterpart
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