Katharina seam (Carboniferous to of Germany)

Also known as Vollmond mine, Maria mine

Where: Germany (51.0° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A to Westphalian A (318.7 - 314.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coal and coal ball

Preservation: permineralized

Primary reference: J. Galtier. 1997. Coal-ball floras of the Namurian-Westphalian of Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 95:51-72 [H. Sims/J. Cassara/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37506: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 15.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "The large number of endemic species is regarded as misleading and may be merely related to a 'splitter' taxonomic approach. This may apply to...the four species of Arthropitys from the Katharina" (Galtier 1997). These four species are A. felixi, A. herbacea, A. hirmeri and A. jongmansii.
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unclassified
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Diaphorodendron vasculare
Conostoma
  -
Conostoma anglogermanicum, Conostoma oblongum
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales -
Paralycopodites brevifolius
 Cordaitales -
Amyelon radicans
Amyelon radicans Williamson 1874
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidophloios fuliginosus, Lepidophylloides sp.
Lepidophylloides sp. Snigirevskaya 1958
Microspermopteris
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Microspermopteris kukukii
Heterangium
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Heterangium hoppstaedteri, Heterangium intermedium
Bothrodendron
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Bothrodendron mundum
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum plurifoliatum
Calamitopsida
 Calamitales -
Astromyelon williamsonii
Medullosa anglica
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"Medullosa anglica" = Pecopteromedullosa anglica
"Medullosa anglica" = Pecopteromedullosa anglica Scott 1899
Anachoropteris
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Anachoropteris williamsonii
Stigmaria
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Stigmaria lohestii, Stigmaria weissiana
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites felicis, Cordaites loculosus, Cordaites robustus, Cordaites wedekindii
 Cordaitanthales - Cordaitanthaceae
Mitrospermum compressum, Gothania westfalica
Mitrospermum compressum Williamson 1910
Gothania westfalica Hirmer 1933
 Coniferales -
Lepidostrobus oldhamius
Myeloxylon
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Myeloxylon sp.
Myeloxylon sp. Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Arthropitys bistriatoides, Arthropitys communis, Arthropitys felixi, Arthropitys herbacea, Arthropitys hirmeri, Arthropitys jongmansii, Zimmermannioxylon multangulare, Calamostachys binneyana
Arthropitys hirmeri
endemic, A. hirmeri var. intermedia also present
 Coenopteridales -
Botryopteris tridentata, Etapteris scottii, Stauropteris oldhamia
Stauropteris oldhamia Binney 1872
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Lyginopteris corsinii, Lyginopteris oldhamia
Lyginopteris oldhamia Binney 1866
Lepidocarpon
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Lepidocarpon lomaxii