SUNY-B 311 Milesburg: Early Devonian, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Euphyllophytina informal B4 axis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ridged axis (dia. >20 mm) | ||||||||||
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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>30 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | Centre |
| Coordinates: | 40.9° North, 77.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° South, 50.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early Devonian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1-2 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Devonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Devonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 419.2 - 393.3 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Helderberg |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,permineralized,replaced with pyrite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Size sorting: | medium |
| 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: | 1 # of surfaces (quadrat) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 28768 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Stein | Enterer: | M. Gonzalez |
| Modifier: | M. Gonzalez | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-02-24 13:09:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-24 13:09:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6895. | W. E. Stein. 2002. SUNY-Binghamton Paleobiology Collection. [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith] |