Also known as Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site
Where: Walker County, Alabama (33.8° N, 87.2° W: paleocoordinates 12.7° S, 27.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Mary Lee coal zone Member (Pottsville Formation), Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)
• Westphalian A
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified shale and lithified sandstone
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Primary reference: H. Haubold, A. Allen, T. P. Atkinson, R. J. Buta, J. A. Lacefield, S. C. Minkin, and B. A. Relihan. 2005. Interpretation of the tetrapod footprints from the early Pennsylvanian of Alabama. Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:75-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81525: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pteropsida | |
Alethopteris valida3 Boulay 1876 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Asterophyllites charaeformis3, Calamostachys sp.3, Calamites undulatus3, Calamites suckowii3, Calamites goepperti3
Asterophyllites charaeformis3 Goeppert 1844
Calamostachys sp.3 Schimper 1869
Calamites undulatus3 Sternberg 1825
Calamites suckowii3 Brongniart 1828
Calamites goepperti3 Ettingshausen 1854 | |
Myeloxylon | |
Myeloxylon sp.3 Brongniart 1849 | |
Holcospermum | |
Holcospermum sp.3 Nathorst 1914 | |
Neuropteridae | |
Cyclopteris sp.3 Brongniart 1828
Neuralethopteris pocahontas3 White 1900
Neuralethopteris biformis3 Lesquereux 1880 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Lyginopteris hoeninghausi3 Potonie 1897
Sphenopteris elegans3 Brongniart 1822
Sphenopteris pottsvillea3 Gastaldo and Boersma 1983 | |
Pinopsida | |
Cordaites sp.3 Unger 1850 | |
Cordaitopsida | |
Artisia sp.3 Sternberg 1838
Cordaicarpon sp.3 Geinitz 1862 | |
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Carpolithes | |
Carpolithes sp.3 Schlotheim 1820 | |
Trigonocarpus | |
Trigonocarpus sp.3 Brongniart 1828
Trigonocarpus ampulliforme3 Lesquereux 1884 | |
Lepidophylloides intermedium3, Lepidodendron obovatum3, Lepidodendron aculeatum3, Lepidostrobophyllum cf. majus3, Lepidophloios laricinus3, Aspidiopsis sp.3
Lepidophylloides intermedium3 Lindley and Hutton 1831
Lepidodendron obovatum3 Sternberg 1820
Lepidodendron aculeatum3 Sternberg 1820
Lepidophloios laricinus3 Sternberg 1820
Aspidiopsis sp.3 Potonie 1893 | |
Sigillariaceae | |
Syringodendron sp.3 Sternberg 1820 | |
Whittleseya elegans | |
Whittleseya elegans3 Newberry 1853 | |
Amphibia | |
Matthewichnus caudifer Kohl and Bryan 1994 tetrapod | |
Nanopus reidiae n. sp.
Nanopus reidiae n. sp. Haubold et al. 2005 tetrapod | |
Notalacerta missouriensis Butts 1891 tetrapod
Attenosaurus subulensis Aldrich 1930 tetrapod
Cincosaurus cobbi Aldrich and Jones 1930 tetrapod | |
Undichna | |
Undichna sp.5 Anderson 1976 | |
Insecta | |
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Camptodiapha atkinsoni n. gen. n. sp.2
Camptodiapha atkinsoni n. gen. n. sp.2 Beckemeyer and Engel 2011 winged insect McWane Science Center WSC #MSC9334 (UCM3045)
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Agaeoleptoptera uniotempla n. gen. n. sp.2
Agaeoleptoptera uniotempla n. gen. n. sp.2 Beckemeyer and Engel 2011 winged insect Univ. Alabama MNH PV2005.0007.0260 (UCM2368/9)
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Anniedarwinia alabamensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Anniedarwinia alabamensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Beckemeyer and Engel 2011 winged insect Univ. Alabama MNH PV2005.7.2.252 (UCM 1076)
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Diplichnites gouldi4, Arenicolites longistriatus n. sp.6, Palaeophycus sp.4, Cochlichnus sp.4, Protovirgularia sp.4, Kouphichnium sp.4, Treptichnus apsorum n. sp.6
Arenicolites longistriatus n. sp.6 Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel 2005
Palaeophycus sp.4 Hall 1847
Cochlichnus sp.4 Hitchcock 1858
Protovirgularia sp.4 M'Coy 1850
Kouphichnium sp.4 Nopcsa 1923
Treptichnus apsorum n. sp.6 Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel 2005 |