Eoarthropleura, previously known only from the Lower Devonian of Germany, is reported here from the Upper Silurian (PHdoli) of Shropshire, England, the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of New York State, USA, and the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of New Brunswick, Canada. The Shropshire form (E. ludfordensis n. sp.) is the earliest representative of the Arthropleurida. The New York species, originally ascri...

This paper focuses on the Frasnian reefal development in eastern border of Dinant Synclinorium. Classical sections from Durbuy–Bomal area were reevaluated for lithostratigraphy, microfacies, magnetic susceptibility (MS) and diagenesis. As regards middle succession, studied is located a transitional zone between Pont de la Folle/Philippeville Formations Moulin Liénaux/Grand Breux Formations. suc...

Actinopterygians (ray-finned fishes) are the most diverse living osteichthyan (bony vertebrate) group, with a rich fossil record. However, details of their earliest history during the middle Palaeozoic (Devonian) 'Age of Fishes' remains sketchy. This stems from an uneven understanding of anatomy in early actinopterygians, with a few well-known species dominating perceptions of primitive conditi...

Plant fossils are described from the Cuche Formation, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia in the area of Floresta. Those identified as Colpodexylon cf. deatsii Banks and cf. Archaeopteris sp. suggest an earliest Late Devonian (Frasnian) age for the formation. These or similar taxa are also found in contemporaneous deposits in western Venezuela, and other elements of the Venezuelan flora are found in a...

Cladoxylopsida included the earliest large trees that formed critical components of globally transformative pioneering forest ecosystems in the Mid- and early Late Devonian (ca. 393-372 Ma). Well-known cladoxylopsid fossils include the up to ∼1-m-diameter sandstone casts known as Eospermatopteris from Middle Devonian strata of New York State. Cladoxylopsid trunk structure comprised a more-or-le...