Carlton (Permian of the United States)

Where: Kansas (38.7° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 25.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wellington Formation (Sumner Group), Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• Very limited geological information

Primary reference: D. White. 1912. The characters of the fossil plant Gigantopteris Schenk and its occurrence in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41:493-516 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11155: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Heather Lindon

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Walchia
  -
Walchia sp. Sternberg 1825
Taeniopteris coriacea
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"Taeniopteris coriacea" = Spermopteris coriacea
"Taeniopteris coriacea" = Spermopteris coriacea Goeppert 1864
Taeniopteris coriacea, var. linearis
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Cycadospadix sp. Schimper 1870 cycads
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
? Araucarites sp. Presl 1833
 Sphenophyllales -
Ullmannia
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Ullmannia sp. Göppert 1850
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia sp. Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
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 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Poacordaites
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Glenopteris
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Glenopteris splendens
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Glenopteris splendens Sellards 1900