SUNY-B 320 Burtville: Famennian, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhacophytales
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Rhacophyton sp. axis
Mourlon 1875
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Stein 2002 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Identified by collectors. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Taeniocrada ? sp. axis
White 1902
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Stein 2002 | >60 specimens | ||||||||
| Taeniocrada-like axis | ||||||||||
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Zosterophyllopsida
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Barinophyton citrulliforme non-seed repro
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>40 specimens | |||||||||
| Identified by collectors. | ||||||||||
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Barinophyton sp. non-seed repro
White 1905
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specimens | |||||||||
| Mentioned by collector. | ||||||||||
| Brauer 1981 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Protobarinophyton pennsylvanicum seed/fruit
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Cichan et al. 1984 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >50 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis (dia. <3 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >60 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >10 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis (dia. 10-20 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 6 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis (dia. >20 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >10 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with dichotomous ramification (dia. <3 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >10 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with multiple dichotomous ramification (dia. <3 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 5 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with abundant small ramifications (dia. <3 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >5 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with multiple lateral ramifications (dia. <3 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 8 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with multiple dichotomous ramifications (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 8 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with abundant small ramifications (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >10 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with lax small ramifications (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >15 specimens | |||||||||
| Ridged axis with lateral ramification (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | >5 specimens | |||||||||
| Smooth axis (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| Irregularly patterned axis (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| Irregularly patterned axis (dia. 10-20 mm) | ||||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 3 specimens | |||||||||
| Axis with spines (dia. 3-10 mm) | ||||||||||
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Archaeopteridopsida
- Archaeopteridales
- Archaeopteridaceae
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Archaeopteris sp. fertile axis, sterile axis
Dawson 1871
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Stein 2002 | >40 specimens | ||||||||
| Fertile and sterile axis. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Lycopodia indet. axis
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Stein 2002 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Stein 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | Potter |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 78.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° South, 44.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Devonian | *Epoch: | Famennian |
| Key time interval: | Famennian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 372.15 - 358.86 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Catskill |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,yellow sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,adpression,permineralized,original carbon,replaced with pyrite,replaced with limonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| 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: | 182 # of surfaces (quadrat) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected by Bonamo, Pankratz, Zyskowski, Grierson, in May 24 -28, 1970.
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| Taxonomic list comments:Very large collection with some very well articulated specimens of Archaeopteris. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31182 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Stein | Enterer: | M. Gonzalez |
| Modifier: | M. Gonzalez | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-04-17 12:04:14 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-17 12:04:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6419. | D. F. Brauer. 1980. Barinophyton citrulliforme (Barinophytales Incertae Sedis Barinophytaceae) from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania. American Journal of Botany 67(8):1186-1206 [W. Stein/N. Smith/M. Gonzalez] |
Secondary references:
| 6552 | D.F. Brauer. 1981. Heterosporous, Barinophytacean Plants from the Upper Devonian of North America and A Discussion of the Possible Affinities of the Barinophytaceae. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 33:347-362 [W. Stein/J. Kao/J. Kao] | |
| 6525 | M. A. Cichan, T. N. Taylor, and D. F. Brauer. 1984. Ultrastructural studies of in situ Devonian spores: Protobarinophyton pennsylvanicum Brauer. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 41:167-175 [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith] | |
| 6895 | W. E. Stein. 2002. SUNY-Binghamton Paleobiology Collection. [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith] |