Tarter Coal: Pennsylvanian, Illinois

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820
Pteropsida
Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822
Alethopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Calamites sp. Suckow 1784
Medullosaceae
Neuropteris sp. Brongniart 1828
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois County:McDonough
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 90.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.8° South, 25.6° West
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
*Period:Early/Lower Carboniferous
Key time interval:Pennsylvanian
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:11200
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:S. Ostrowski
Modifier:H. Sims Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-07-23 09:04:35 Last modified:2004-02-22 16:44:22
Access level:the public Released:2001-07-23 09:04:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4130. F. Caspall, W. A. DiMichele, D. Hess, K. Ifekoya, R. Leary, W. J. Nelson, C. McCormack, W. McCracken, and R. Peppers. 1990. Floral community variation in basal Pennsylvanian strata overlying paleokarst on mid-Mississippian age St. Louis Limestone, McClure Quarry, Tennessee, McDonough County, Illinois. North-central Section, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 22(5):5 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/M. Uhen]