SUNY-B 1186 (CUPC) Davidson quarry, Davenport: Frasnian, New York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhacophytales
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cf. Rhacophyton sp. axis
Mourlon 1875
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>2 specimens | |||||||||
| Identified by collector. | ||||||||||
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Progymnospermopsida
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Tetraxylopteris schmidtii axis
Beck 1957
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Beck 1957 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Tetraxylopteris schmidtii sterile axis, fertile axis
Beck 1957
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>10 specimens | |||||||||
| Fertile and sterile axis. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New York | County: | Delaware |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 74.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° South, 23.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Devonian | *Epoch: | Frasnian | *Local age/stage: | Finger Lakes |
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression,permineralized,replaced with pyrite,replaced with limonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Size sorting: | poor |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Rock censused: | 2 # of surfaces (quadrat) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected by V. Schmidt.
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Metadata
| Database number: | 29016 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Stein | Enterer: | M. Gonzalez |
| Modifier: | M. Gonzalez | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-03-13 10:15:31 | Last modified: | 2003-03-13 12:19:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-03-13 10:15:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6895. | W. E. Stein. 2002. SUNY-Binghamton Paleobiology Collection. [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith] |
Secondary references:
| 6315 | C. B. Beck. 1957. Tetraxylopteris schmidtii Gen. et. sp. Nov., A Probable Pteridosperm Precursor from the Devonian of New York. American Journal of Botany 44:350-367 [W. Stein/J. Kao/J. Kao] |