Where: Georgia (34.9° N, 85.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° S, 24.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Vandever Shale & Rockcastle Sandstone Formation (Lee Group), Pennsylvanian to Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shale and sandstone
•Rockcastle Sandstone- thin, cross-bedded, medium-grained and well-sorted sandstone, interbedded with shales and coal seams. Shales carry prolific flora.
Preservation: cast, adpression
Collection methods: salvage, surface (float),
Primary reference: A. T. Allen and J. G. Lester. 1954. Contributions to the Paleontology of Northwest Georgia. Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 62:1-166 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11994: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 24.09.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Neuropteridae | |
"Neuropteris biformis" = Neuralethopteris biformis, "Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas
"Neuropteris biformis" = Neuralethopteris biformis Lesquereux 1880
"Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas White 1900 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
| Pteropsida | |
Pecopteris ? elliptica, Pecopteris sp., "Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), "Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), "Alethopteris cf. lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822
"Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Sternberg 1825
"Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
"Alethopteris cf. lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) | |
| Sphenopteridae | |
| Callipteridium | |
| Macrostachya | |
|
Macrostachya sp. Schimper 1869 | |
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Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820 | |
| Sigillariaceae | |
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Sigillaria sp. Brongniart 1822 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
| Pinopsida | |