Devonian sites
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Only a few are listed so far...
Rhynie Chert - one of the earliest more-or-less terrestrial sites known, located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Rhynie Chert represents a swampy peat bog from the Early Devonian with the peculiar addition of mineral springs. Fossils from the Rynie Chert were buried in short-lived freshwater deposits that later were subjected to replacement of organic material with silica, forming a chert deposit that preserved even details of the cells of the organisms. The preservation is astonishing. In addition to plants, there are Fungi and numerous arthropods, mostly crustaceans and spiders, with a few early insects.
Miguasha - Famous site on the Gaspé Penninsula, Quebec Represents a near-shore environment, parts of which are choked with ferns and terrestrial plants. The best fossils are found in calcareous nodules which probably allowed very fine and undistorted replacement of bone by carbonates. Includes some of the best preserved fossil fish specimens found anywhere in the world
Gogo Reef - in northwestern West Australia, contains fossils are completely three-dimensional and cemented into limestone nodules. Includes many species of fish, with arthrodires especially diverse.
Hunsrück - Once a large marine estuary, now an eroded mountain range in Germany. Its slate quarries have produced numerous, often pyritized, fossils of plants, marine invertebrates, and various fish.
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