Where: Livingston County, Illinois (40.0° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 24.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Spoon Formation (Kewanee Group), Bashkirian to Bashkirian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)
• ...lie between the base of the Pennsylvanian and the Colchester (No. 2) Coal.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. A. Peppers. 1970. Correlation and Palynology of Coals in the Carbondale and Spoon Formations (Pennsylvanian) of the Northeastern Part of the Illinois Basin. Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 93:1-174 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Cassara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23563: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 17.07.2002, edited by Alistair McGowan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Elaterites triferens, Schopfites carbondalensis, Schopfites colchesterensis, Distortitisporites illinoiensis, Mooreisporites inusitatus, Crassispora plicata, Wilsonites vesicatus, Hymenospora paucirugosa, Paleospora fragila, Alatisporites hexalatus, Alatisporites trialatus, Trihyphaecites triangulatus
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Densosporites | |
Thymospora | |
Pteridopsida | |
Leiotriletes adnatoides, Granulatisporites granularis, Granulatisporites pannosites, Granulatisporites cf. parvus
Leiotriletes adnatoides PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954
Granulatisporites cf. parvus PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954 | |
Lycopsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Apiculatisporis | |
Angiospermae | |
Punctatisporites | |
Endosporites | |
Triquitrites | |
Cyclogranisporites | |
Anapiculatisporites | |
Sphenopsida | |
Florinites | |
Dictyotriletes | |
Lophotriletes | |
Camptotriletes | |
Raistrickia | |