Where: Crittenden County, Kentucky (37.2° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 13.6° S, 30.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Caseyville Formation, Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. R. Jennings. 1984. Distribution of Fossil Plant Taxa in the Upper Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian of the Illinois Basin. In P. K. Sutherland (ed.), Biostratigraphy (Compte Rendu, Congrès International de Stratigraphie et de Géologie du Carbonifère, 9th, v. 2) 2:301-312 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23942: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 24.07.2002
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Taxonomic list
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