Bell Coal Bed (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Maceration 2255

Where: Crittendon Co. County, Kentucky (37.5° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 25.5° W)

When: Tradewater Formation, Middle Pennsylvanian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Lower Atokan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: coalified

Primary reference: R. A. Peppers. 1996. Palynological Correlation of major Pennsylvanian (Middle and Upper Carboniferous) chronostratigraphic boundaries in the Illinois and other coal basins. Geological Society of America Memoir 188:1-111 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126929: authorized by Roy Plotnick, entered by Jennifer Bauer on 20.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sinuspores sinuatus, Spackmanites habibii, Ahrensisporites guerickei, Reinschospora triangularis, Savitrisporites nux, Grumosisporites varioreticulatus, Crassispora kosankei, Granasporites medius, Renisporites confossus, Vestispora costata, Wilsonites circularis, Wilsonites vesicatus
Densosporites
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Densosporites annulatus, Densosporites glandulosus, Densosporites sphaerotriangularis
Dictyotriletes
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Dictyotriletes bireticulatus
Polypodiopsida
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Verrucosisporites microtuberosus
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Convolutispora sp.
Convolutispora sp. Hoffmeister et al. 1955
Lycopsida
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Planisporites granifer, Lycospora granulata, Lycospora micropapillata, Lycospora pellucida, Lycospora pusilla, Lycospora rotunda, Lycospora subjuga
Pteridopsida
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Granulatisporites granularis, Granulatisporites granulatus, Granulatisporites pallidus, Granulatisporites verrucosus, Apiculatasporites variocorneus, Deltoidospora priddyi
Raistrickia
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Raistrickia breveminens, Raistrickia crocea
Sphenopsida
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Calamospora hartungiana, Calamospora spp.
Calamospora spp. Schopf et al.
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites minutus, Punctatisporites irrasus
Punctatisporites irrasus Hacquebard 1957
Cyclogranisporites
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Cyclogranisporites cf. aureus, Cyclogranisporites minutus
Anapiculatisporites
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Anapiculatisporites minor
Lophotriletes
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Lophotriletes gibbosus
Florinites
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Florinites mediapudens
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Reticulatisporites muricatus, Reticulatisporites sp.
Reticulatisporites sp. Ibrahim 1933 clubmoss
Pustulatisporites
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Pustulatisporites crenatus