Halifax Hard seam (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.7° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.4° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coal and coal ball

Preservation: permineralized

Primary reference: J. Galtier. 1997. Coal-ball floras of the Namurian-Westphalian of Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 95:51-72 [H. Sims/J. Cassara/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37382: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 14.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Coniferales -
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Bothrodendron
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Calamitopsida
 Calamitales -
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Conostoma
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 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Sigillariaceae
  - Sigillariaceae
 Cordaitales -
Amyelon radicans Williamson 1874
Heterangium
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Lagenostoma ovoides
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Lagenostoma ovoides Williamson 1876
Physostoma elegans
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Physostoma elegans Williamson 1876
Stigmaria ficoides
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Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Psalixochlaena cylindrica
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Psalixochlaena cylindrica Williamson 1878
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
 Coenopteridales -
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Spencerites
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Spencerites insignis
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Spencerites insignis Williamson 1897
Lepidocarpon
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