Murphysboro: Podolskian - Carboniferous, Illinois
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Sphenophyllum emarginatum
(Brongniart 1822)
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Peltaspermopsida
- Peltaspermales
- Peltaspermaceae
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Odontopteris sp.
Brongniart 1825
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Medullosaceae
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Neuropteris ovata
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Neuropteris scheuchzeri
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Neuropteris rarinervis
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Neuropteris clarksoni
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Mariopteris occidentalis
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Mariopteris sillimanni
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Neuropteridae
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Linopteris rubella
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unclassified
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Stigmaria ficoides
Sternberg 1822
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Annularia stellata
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Calamites suckowii
Brongniart 1828
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Pteropsida
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Pecopteris vestita
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Alethopteris serlii
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Pinopsida
- Cordaitanthales
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Cordaites communis
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidodendron oblongifolium
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Illinois | County: | Jackson |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 89.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.4° South, 24.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | ||
| *Period: | Middle Carboniferous - Late/Upper Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Moscovian |
| *International age/stage: | Podolskian - Myachkovskian PodolskianPodolskian | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Des Moines |
| Key time interval: | Podolskian - Carboniferous | Zone: | Zone 6 |
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Des Moines |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coal |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11193 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski, H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-07-23 08:52:49 | Last modified: | 2004-01-17 17:17:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-07-23 08:52:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4123. | C. B. Read. 1947. Pennsylvanian floral zones and floral provinces. Journal of Geology 55:271-279 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski] |