Restigouche River [Gaspé Sandstone] (Devonian of Canada)

Where: New Brunswick, Canada (48.0° N, 66.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° S, 13.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gaspé Sandstone Group, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gaspé Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Lower Devonian in text; presumably Emsian, as with other Gaspé Sandstone collections from this area. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From "the argillaceous beds".

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: ?Argillaceous sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumed lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: National Museum of Canada, Ottawa.

Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1966. Catalogue of Canadian fossil fishes. Life Sciences Contribution of the Royal Ontario Museum 68:1-154 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161373: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to fishes. NOMENCLATURE: Semi-authoritative publication, with fairly modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Petromyzontida
 Cephalaspidiformes - Cephalaspidae
Cephalaspis jexi n. sp. Traquair 1893
Cephalaspis campbelltonensis n. sp. Whiteaves 1881
Cephalaspis canadensis n. sp. Robertson 1936