Panther Mountain Formation

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Panther Mountain Formation
Stratigraphic range: Givetian
Type Formation
Unit of Hamilton Group
Underlies Portland Point Formation, Plattekill Formation
Overlies Cherry Valley Limestone
Lithology
Primary Shale
Location
Region New York
Country United States
Type section
Named for Panther Mountain

The Panther Mountain Formation is a geologic formation in New York. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. It is located in the counties of Albany, Madison, Oneida, Otsego, and Schoharie. It is well known for its fossil arthropods preserved as flattened cuticles, including Attercopus and Dracochela . [1]

Contents

Paleobiota

Arachnids

Arachnids
GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Aculeatarbus A. depressusA trigonotarbid in the family Palaeocharinidae. [2]
Alkenia A. mirabilisA trigonotarbid in the family Aphantomartidae. [2]
Archaeacarus A. dubininiA mite in the family Alicorhagiidae. [3]
Archaeomartus A. levisA trigonotarbid in the family Archaeomartidae. A. tuberculatus is a synonym of A. levis. [2]
Attercopus A. fimbriunguisA member of order Uraraneida. Originally described as a species of Gelasinotarbus. [2] [4] [5]
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Devonacarus D. sellnickiA oribatid mite. [6]
Dracochela D. deprehendorA pseudoscorpion. [7] [8]
Ecchosis E. pulchribothriumAn indeterminate pulmonate (arthropod with book lung), possibly whip spider. [9]
Gelasinotarbus G. bonamoae, G. bifidus, G. heptops, G. reticulatusTrigonotarbids in the family Palaeocharinidae. [2]
Gilboarachne G. griersoni
Palaeocharinus P. sp.
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Protochthonius P. gilboaA oribatid mite. [6]

Myriapods

Myriapods
GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Crussolum C. crusserratumA scutigeromorph centipede. [10]
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Devonobius D. deltaA centipede in the order Devonobiomorpha. [11]
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Microdecemplex M. rolfeiA millipede in the order Microdecemplicida. [12]
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Insects

Eye fragments of supposed archaeognathan affinities, and scales of possible archaeognathan or zygentoman affinities are known. [13]

Flora

Flora
GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Haskinsia H. colophylla Lycopod. [2]
Lecleruqia L. complexa
Rellimia R. thomsoniia progymnosperm. [2]

See also

References

  1. "The Panther Mountain Formation". Binghamton University . August 31, 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bonamo, P. M.; Grierson, James D.; Rolfe, W. D. Ian; Selden, Paul; Shear, William A. (1987). "New terrestrial arachnids from the Devonian of Gilboa, New York (Arachnida, Trigonotarbida)". American Museum Novitates (2901) via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Kethley, John B.; Norton, Roy A.; Bonamo, Patricia M.; Shear, William A. (1989). "A Terrestrial Alicorhagiid Mite (Acari: Acariformes) from the Devonian of New York" . Micropaleontology. 35 (4): 367–373. Bibcode:1989MiPal..35..367K. doi:10.2307/1485678. ISSN   0026-2803. JSTOR   1485678.
  4. Paul A. Selden, William A. Shear & Patricia M. Bonamo (1991). "A spider and other arachnids from the Devonian of New York, and reinterpretations of Devonian Araneae". Palaeontology . 34: 241–281. hdl:1808/8336.
  5. P. A. Selden, W. A. Shear & M. D. Sutton (2008). "Fossil evidence for the origin of spider spinnerets, and a proposed arachnid order". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 105 (52): 20781–20785. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0809174106 . PMC   2634869 . PMID   19104044.
  6. 1 2 Norton, Roy A.; Bonamo, Patricia M.; Grierson, James D.; Shear, William A. (1988). "Oribatid Mite Fossils from a Terrestrial Devonian Deposit near Gilboa, New York" . Journal of Paleontology. 62 (2): 259–269. Bibcode:1988JPal...62..259N. doi:10.1017/S0022336000029905. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   1305232. S2CID   133114808.
  7. Bonamo, P. M.; Schawaller, Wolfgang; Shear, William A. "The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida)". American Museum Novitates (3009). Retrieved October 2, 2023 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. Judson, Mark L. I. (2012). "Reinterpretation of Dracochela deprehendor (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) as a stem-group pseudoscorpion: STEM-GROUP PSEUDOSCORPION". Palaeontology. 55 (2): 261–283. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01134.x .
  9. Selden, Paul A.; Shear, William A.; Bonamo, Patricia M. (1991). "A spider and other arachnids from the Devonian of New York, and reinterpretations of Devonian Araneae".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. Shear, William A.; Jeram, Andrew J.; Selden, Paul (1998). "Centiped legs (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha) from the Silurian and Devonian of Britain and the Devonian of North America". American Museum Novitates (3231). hdl:2246/3370.
  11. Bonamo, P. M.; Shear, William A. (1988). "Devonobiomorpha, a new order of centipeds (Chilopoda) from the Middle Devonian of Gilboa, New York State, USA, and the phylogeny of centiped orders". American Museum Novitates (2927) via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  12. Wilson, Heather M.; Shear, William A. (1999). "Microdecemplicida, a new order of minute arthropleurideans (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) from the Devonian of New York State, U.S.A." . Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 90 (4): 351–375. doi:10.1017/S0263593300002674. ISSN   1473-7116. S2CID   129597005.
  13. Haug, Carolin; Haug, Joachim T. (May 30, 2017). "The presumed oldest flying insect: more likely a myriapod?". PeerJ. 5: e3402. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3402 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   5452959 . PMID   28584727.