Nineteenth century collections of Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz (Chelicerata; Eurypterida) from the Campbellton Formation, New Brunswick, Canada
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Abstract
The Devonian fauna from the Campbellton Formation of northern New Brunswick was discovered in 1881 at the classic locality in Campbellton. About a decade later A.S. Woodward at the British Museum (Natural History) (now the Natural History Museum, London) acquired specimens through fossil dealer R.F. Damon. Woodward was among the first to describe the fish assemblage of ostracoderms, arthrodires, acanthodians and chondrichthyans. At the same time the museum also acquired specimens of a large pterygotid eurypterid. Although the vertebrates received considerable attention, the pterygotids at the Natural History Museum, London are described here for the first time. The first pterygotid specimens collected in 1881 by the Geological Survey of Canada were later identified by Clarke and Ruedemann in 1912 as Pterygotus atlanticus, although they suggested it might be a variant of Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz. An almost complete pterygotid recovered in 1994 from the Campbellton Formation at a new locality in Atholville, less than two kilometres west of Campbellton, has been identified as P. anglicus Agassiz. Like the specimens described by Clarke and Ruedemann, the material from the Natural History Museum, London is herein referred to P. anglicus. RÉSUMÉ La faune dévonienne de la Formation de Campbellton dans le Nord du Nouveau-Brunswick a été découverte en 1881 à l’emplacement classique de Campbellton. Environ une décennie plus tard, A. S. Woodward, du British Museum (Histoire naturelle) (maintenant le Natural History Museum de Londres) a fait l’acquisition de spécimens par l’entremise du négociant de fossiles R. F. Damon. Woodward a figuré parmi les premiers à décrire l’assemblage de poissons d’ostracodermes, d’arthrodires, d’acanthodiens et de chondrichthyens. Le musée a également fait en même temps l’acquisition de spécimens d’un euryptéridé ptérygotide de fortes dimensions. Même si les vertébrés ont bénéficié d’une attention considérable, les ptérygotides du Natural History Museum de Londres sont décrits aux présentes pour la première fois. Les premiers spécimens de ptérygotides recueillis en 1881 par la Commission géologique du Canada ont ultérieurement été identifiés par Clarke et Ruedemann en 1912 en tant que Pterygotus atlanticus, bien que les chercheurs aient avancé qu’il pourrait s’agir d’une variante du Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz. On a récupéré en 1994 un ptérygotide presque complet de la Formation de Campbellton dans un nouvel emplacement situé à Atholville, à moins de deux kilomètres à l’ouest de Campbellton, lequel a été identifié en tant que P. anglicus Agassiz. À l’instar des spécimens décrits par Clarke et Ruedemann, l’article du Natural History Museum de Londres est cité aux présentes à titre de P. anglicus.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.004 | 0.004 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.006 | 0.001 |
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