Glasgow: Devonian, Kentucky
collected by J. M. Safford
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Asteracanthus siderius n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Barren |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 85.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.4° South, 35.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1-5 |
| Key time interval: | Devonian |
| Age range of interval: | 419.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Leidy states the age as "sub-Carboniferous" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | J. M. Safford |
Metadata
| Database number: | 87058 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-02 15:00:05 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 12:47:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-02 15:00:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29294. | J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on ichthyorudiolites and on certain fossil Mammalia]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):12-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |