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Catskill, USA

FormationCatskill
Member(s)Duncannnon
Duncannon
Sherman Creek
Age:372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
IntervalFamennian
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections15
Number of Occurrences121

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
SUNY-B 307 BurtvillePotter County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill
Locality 2 Olin Canfield QuarryUlster County, New York, USACatskill
SUNY-B 397 PowysLycoming County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill
SUNY-B 398 WilliamsportLycoming County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill
Red Hill LocalityClinton County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill - Duncannon
MeshoppenWyoming County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill
Powys CurveLycoming County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill - Sherman Creek
MansfieldPotter County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill
Apatorhynchus-type localityTioga County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill
Powys CurveLycoming County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill - Sherman Creek
Lycoming County RoadcutLycoming County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill
Red HillClinton County, Pennsylvania, USACatskill - Duncannnon

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Catskill - Duncannnon372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
1
Catskill - Duncannon365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
sandstone5
Catskill - Sherman Creek372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
siltstone/sandstone2
Chemung383 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
siltstone/sandstone, "shale"/siltstone, siltstone, "shale", sandstone, "shale"/sandstone, claystone357
Chemung - Wellsburg Fm.383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
12

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Aneurophytales
order
4Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Aneurophytopsida : Aneurophytales372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Archaeopteris sp.
genus
6Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Archaeopteridopsida : Archaeopteridales : Archaeopteridaceae : Archaeopteris372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Taeniocrada sp.
genus
6Taeniocrada372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Barinophyton sp.
genus
6Plantae : Zosterophyllophyta : Zosterophyllopsida : Barinophyton372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Gigantocharinus szatmaryi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Palaeocharinidae : Gigantocharinus : Gigantocharinus szatmaryi364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Orsadesmus rubecollus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Archidesmida : Zanclodesmidae : Orsadesmus : Orsadesmus rubecollus364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Hallipterus lacoanus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Hallipterus : Hallipterus lacoanus382.7 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Lingula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulidae : Lingula372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Vertebrata
subphylum
2.3Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Ageleodus pectinatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Holocephali : Ageleodus : Ageleodus pectinatus364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Dipnoi
subclass
3.3Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Dipnoi372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Bothriolepis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Antiarcha : Bothriolepididae : Bothriolepis372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Osteolepis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Crossopterygii : Osteolepidae : Osteolepis372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Apatorhynchus opistheretmus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Apatorhynchus : Apatorhynchus opistheretmus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Densignathus rowei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Densignathus : Densignathus rowei364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Ganorhynchus oblongus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ganorhynchus : Ganorhynchus oblongus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Hynerpeton bassetti
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Hynerpeton : Hynerpeton bassetti364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Soederberghia groenlandica
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Rhynchodipteridae : Soederberghia : Soederberghia groenlandica372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Sauripterus taylori
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Osteolepiformes : Megalichthyidae : Sauripterus : Sauripterus taylori419.2 - 358.9 Ma
Devonian
Holonema rugosa
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Phyllolepida : Phyllolepidae : Holonema : Holonema rugosa372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Holoptychius americanus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Porolepiformes : Holoptychiidae : Holoptychius : Holoptychius americanus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Holoptychius giganteus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Porolepiformes : Holoptychiidae : Holoptychius : Holoptychius giganteus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Holoptychius serrulatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Porolepiformes : Holoptychiidae : Holoptychius : Holoptychius serrulatus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Lycopsida
class
3Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Rhacophyton sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Rhacophytales : Rhacophyton372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Euphyllophytina
subphylum
2.3Plantae : Tracheophyta : Euphyllophytina372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

References

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Cope E. D. On New Paleozoic Vertebrata from Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 36, 71-91
Kjellesvig-Waering E.N. (1963) Revision of Some Upper Devonian Stylonuridae (Eurypterida) from New York and Pennsylvania, Journal of Paleontology 37 2, 490-495
Beck C. B. (1971) On the Anatomy and Morphology of Lateral Branch Systems of Archaeopteris, American Journal of Botany 58 8, 758-784
Brauer D. F. (1980) Barinophyton citrulliforme (Barinophytales Incertae Sedis Barinophytaceae) from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania, American Journal of Botany 67 8, 1186-1206
Brauer D.F. (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
Daeschler E. B., Shubin N. H., et al (1994) A Devonian Tetrapod from North America, Science 265 5172, 639-642 doi:10.1126/science.265.5172.639
Shear W. A. (2000) Gigantocharinus szatmaryi, a new trigonotarbid arachnid from the Late Devonian of North America (Chelicerata, Arachnida, Trigonotarbida), Journal of Paleontology 74 1, 25-31
Daeschler E. B. (2000) Early tetrapod jaws from the Late Devonian of Pennslyvania, Journal of Paleontology 74, 301-308 doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0301:ETJFTL>2.0.CO;2
Downs J. P., Daeschler E. B. (2001) Variation within a large sample of Ageleodus pectinatus teeth (Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania, USA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 4, 811-814
Stein W. E. (2002) SUNY-Binghamton Paleobiology Collection
Davis M. C., Shubin N. I., et al (2004) A new specimen of Sauripterus taylori (Sarcopterygii; Osteichthyes) from the Famennian Catskill Formation of North America, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 1, 26-40
Wilson H. M., Daeschler E. B., et al (2005) New flat-backed archipolypodan millipedes from the Upper Devonian of North America, Journal of Paleontology 79, 738-744
Friedman M., Daeschler E. B. (2006) Late Devonian (Famennian) lungfishes from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, USA, Palaeontology 49 6, 1167-1183
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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