Where: West Virginia (39.7° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° S, 17.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Carboniferous to Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: From 1940-1957, Aureal T. Cross collected specimens from 150 localities in 36 horizons throughout the Dunkard Area. In 1956, Hans Bode recollected in some of the same locations. In 1971 and 1972, Charles Balasco collected from the Waynesburg coal horizons. Gary J. Hennen observed the Paul Stewart Collection at Waynesburg College. Collections from James Barlow were also used.

Primary reference: W. H. Gillespie, G.J. Hennen, and C. Balasco. 1975. Plant Megafossils from Dunkard Strata in Northwestern West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the First I.C. White Memorial Symposium "The Age of the Dunkard" [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13191: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 28.01.2002

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