Dispersed spores associated with leclercqia complexa banks, bonamo and grierson from the late middle devonian of Eastern New York State (U.S.A.)

Abstract

Fifteen species of sporae dispersae are identified in the rock matrix containing the lycopod Leclercqui complexa from the Panther Mountain Formation of New York State. One of these, the most abundant, is identified as identical to the spore produced by this lycopod and is fully described in the genus Aneurospora. The stratigraphic range of the sporae dispersae of those samples give a probable Middle to Late Givetian age. An attempt is made to correlate the presently known spore data of northern France and Belgium with the type sections of the Dinant basin where a nearby continuous succession of conodonts has recently been identified.