Campbellton Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Latest Pragian-Emsian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Gaspé Sandstones |
Overlies | Val d’Amour Formation |
Thickness | Nearly 1 kilometer |
Location | |
Region | New Brunswick |
Country | Canada |
The Campbellton Formation is a geologic formation in New Brunswick. It preserves fossils dating back to the latest Pragian and Emsian of the Devonian period. [1]
The Campbellton Formation is the southernmost representative of the Gaspé Sandstones group [2] and can be divided into 6 facies associations (restricted lacustrine, marginal lacustrine, near-shore lacustrine, coastal-deltaic, sandy to gravelly alluvial plain, and gravelly proximal alluvial environments), and is nearly a kilometer thick. [1] Lacustrine facies are prevalent in the lower parts of the eastern belt (representing a large open lake) while upper parts of the formation are dominated by alluvial facies (representing an eastward-flowing axial braided river system). [1]
Acanthodians | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Ankylacanthus | A. incurvus | Atholville Beds. [3] | Fin spines. [2] [3] | A possible gyracanthid, formerly known as Gyracanthus incurvus. [3] | |
Cheiracanthus? | C.? costellatus | [2] | ![]() | ||
Mesacanthus | M. semistriatus | [2] | ![]() | ||
Chondrichthyans | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Doliodus | D. latispinosus | Fin spines. [4] | Also known from the York River and Battery Point formations. [4] | ||
Protodus | P. jexi | "Atholville Beds, shoreline approximately 1.3 km W of the interprovincial bridgecrossing the Restigouche River, near Campbellton". [5] | Isolated teeth. [2] [5] | A protodontid. | |
Ostracoderms | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Yvonaspis | Y. campbelltonensis | A cephalaspid, formerly listed as a species of Cephalaspis . [2] [6] | |||
Y. jexi | A cephalaspid, formerly listed as a species of Cephalaspis . [2] [6] | ||||
Y. westolli | A cephalaspid, formerly listed as a species of Cephalaspis . [2] [6] | ||||
Placoderms | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Phlyctaenius | P. acadicus | Fragments of exoskeleton and dermal plates. [2] | A phlyctaeniid. | ||
P. atholi | Fragments of exoskeleton and dermal plates. [2] | A phlyctaeniid. | |||
P. stenosus | Fragments of exoskeleton and dermal plates. [2] | A phlyctaeniid. | |||
Arthropods | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Eoarthropleura | Near the Dalhousie Junction and Point la Nim areas. [7] | An arthropleurid. | |||
Gaspestria | G. genselorum | A millipede. [8] | |||
Millipede | Unnamed. [9] | 4 detailed impression fossils. [9] | |||
cf. Parahughmilleria | cf. P. sp. | "Point La Nim (48°03.97’N; 66°24.78’W), west of Dalhousie, New Brunswick". [10] | "Specimen NBMG 11012 consists of a part and counterpart of an articulated partial preabdomen of the opisthosoma". [10] | A eurypterid. | |
Primitia | P. mundula | Disarticulated valves. [2] | An ostracod. | ||
P. scaphoides | Disarticulated valves. [2] | An ostracod. | |||
Pterygotus | P. anglicus | Atholville beds near the western end of the Campbellton Formation exposure. [7] | A eurypterid. | ![]() | |
P. sp. | A eurypterid. [2] | ||||
Scorpion | Unnamed [11] | Near the Dalhousie Junction and Point la Nim areas. [7] | A scorpion with book lungs preserved. [9] | ||
Molluscs | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Cyclora | C. valvatiformis | A gastropod. [2] | |||
C. imbricata | A gastropod. [2] | ||||
Plants | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images | |
Bitelaria | B. dubjanskii | Facies 1. [11] | A tracheophyte. | |||
Chaleuria | C. cirrosa | Facies 5. [11] | A tracheophyte. | ![]() | ||
Drepanophycus | D. gaspianus | Facies 1, 2, 3 and 5. [11] | A drepanophycale. | ![]() | ||
D. spinaeformis | Facies 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. [11] | A drepanophycale. | ![]() | |||
D. sp. | Facies 1 and 5. [11] | A drepanophycale. | ![]() | |||
Kaulangiophyton | Facies 1. [11] | A tracheophyte. | ||||
Leclercqia | L. complexa | Facies 1 and 4. [11] | A protolepidodendrale. | ![]() | ||
L. andrewsii | Facies 1. [11] | A protolepidodendrale. | ||||
Loganophyton | L. dawsoni | Facies 1, 4 and 5. [11] | A tracheophyte. [2] | |||
Omniastrobus | O. dawsonii | "Impressions of strobili with numerous carbonized spore masses". [12] | ||||
Oocampsa | O. catheta | "About ½ mi west of Dalhousie Junction." [13] | A tracheophyte. | |||
Oricilla | O. bilinearis | Facies 1 and 5. [11] | A zosterophyll. | |||
Pachytheca | Facies 2. [11] | |||||
Pertica | P. dalhousii | Facies 5. [11] | A tracheophyte. | |||
Psilophyton | P. coniculum | Facies 6. [11] | A trimerophytopsid. | |||
P. charientos | Facies 1. [11] | A trimerophytopsid. | ||||
P. princeps | Facies 1, 3, 5 and 6. [11] | A trimerophytopsid. | ![]() | |||
P. sp. | Facies 1 and 5. [11] | A trimerophytopsid. | ||||
Sawdonia | S. acanthotheca | Facies 1 and 2. [11] | A zosterophyll. | |||
S. ornata | Facies 1 and 5. [11] | A zosterophyll. | ||||
Spongiophyton | S. minutissimum | Facies 1, 2 and 6. [11] | ||||
Staphylophyton | S. semiglobosa | ”Section 4” | 26 incomplete axes | A zosterophyll. [14] | ||
Taeniocrada | T. dubia | Facies 2 and 5. [11] | A tracheophyte. | |||
Trimerophyton | T. robustius | Facies 4. [11] | A trimerophytopsid. | ![]() | ||
Zosterophyllum | Z. divaricatum | "South shore of the Restigouche River near Dalhousie, New Brunswick". [15] | A zosterophyll. | |||
Fungi | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Prototaxites | Facies 2 and 6. [11] | ||||