Tar Springs Loc. 2: Carboniferous, Illinois
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Sphenopteridae
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Sphenopteris distans
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unclassified
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Stigmaria stellata
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Jennings 1973 | ||||||
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Cardiopteridium sp.
Nathorst 1914
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Illinois | County: | Johnson |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.1° South, 31.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1-5 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Carboniferous - Late/Upper Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Chester |
| Key time interval: | Carboniferous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tar Springs | ||||
| Regional section: | Illinois Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: in shale and siltstone exposed in roadside ditch on east side of McCorkle Creek valley | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11316 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski, H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | H. Sims | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-08-06 12:03:30 | Last modified: | 2003-07-18 18:05:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-06 12:03:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4160. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6785 | J. R. Jennings. 1973. The morphology of Stigmaria stellata. American Journal of Botany 60(5):414-425 [W. Stein/D. Horvath/D. Horvath] |