Locality 9 Factoryville RR tunnel: Late Devonian, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Archaeopteridopsida
- Archaeopteridales
- Archaeopteridaceae
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Archaeopteris halliana fertile axis, sterile axis
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| found in the Lacoe Collection | ||||||||||
| found in the Lacoe Collection | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 75.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° South, 43.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late Devonian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Devonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Devonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.31 - 358.86 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chemung | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Arnold: The age is given as "Catskill", although it is probably oler (Chemung or Canadaway). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Arnold: The remains were probably gathered during construction of the tunnel. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14235 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Stein | Enterer: | N. Smith |
| Modifier: | W. Stein | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-05-28 12:36:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-28 12:36:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6293. | C. A. Arnold. 1939. Observations On Fossil Plants From the Devonian of Eastern North America IV. Plant Remains from the Catskill Delta Deposits of Northern Pennsylvania and Southern New York. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 5(11):271-314 [W. Stein/W. Stein/J. Cassara] |