Red Hill site (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Clinton County, Pennsylvania (41.3° N, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° S, 26.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Duncannon Member (Catskill Formation), Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Lithostratigraphic position of Red Hill indicates the Late Devonian Period (Sevon and Woodrow, 1985); palynomorph samples yield a late Famennian (Fa2c) age determination (Tra- verse, 2003).

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified, muddy, silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. B. Daeschler and J. P. Downs. 2018. New description and diagnosis of Hyneria lindae (Sarcopterygii, Tristichopteridae) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(3):e1448834 [M. Uhen/M. Chua/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196360: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Marcus Chua on 10.09.2018, edited by Kiana Eleazer

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Osteolepiformes - Tristichopteridae
Hyneria lindae n. gen. n. sp.
Hyneria lindae n. gen. n. sp. Thompson 1968 lobe-finned fish
Gnathostomata
 Crossopterygii - Osteolepidae
Megalichthys mullisoni n. sp. Downs and Daeschler 2020