Pennsylvanian Pictou Group of New Brunswick (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: New Brunswick, Canada (46.0° N, 66.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.4° S, 11.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pictou Group, Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coal

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Collection contains all identifiable fossil plants from the past century that are a part of the Geological Survey of Canada Collection.

Primary reference: W. A. Bell. 1962. Flora of Pennsylvanian Pictou Group of New Brunswick. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 87:1-71 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]more details

PaleoDB collection 12426: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 12.11.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Radiospermum
  -
Radiospermum ? sp.
Radiospermum ? sp. Arber 1914
Asolanus
  -
Asolanus camptotaenia
Neuropteridae
  - Neuropteridae
Cyclopteris sp., Linopteris muensteri
Cyclopteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Lycopsida
  -
Gymnostrobus wilsoni n. sp.
Boweria
  -
Boweria schatzlarensis
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Calamites suckowi, Calamites ramosus, Asterophyllites grandis, Asterophyllites longifolius, Annularia stellata, Annularia pseudostellata, Annularia sphenophylloides
  - Gleicheniaceae
Oligocarpia brongniarti, Oligocarpia missouriensis
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Mintopteris hirsuta
Mintopteris hirsuta Radforth and Walton 1960
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Saportaea dispar
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
"Pecopteris hemitelioides" = Hemitelites hemitelioides
"Pecopteris hemitelioides" = Hemitelites hemitelioides Brongniart 1834 scaly tree fern
Pteropsida
  -
"Pecopteridium sullivanti" = Jidopteris
"Pecopteridium sullivanti" = Jidopteris
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris miltoni, Pecopteris acadica, Pecopteris pennaeformis, "Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), "Alethopteris serli" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), "Alethopteris davreuxi" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Pecopteris pennaeformis Brongniart 1822
"Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
"Alethopteris serli" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
"Alethopteris davreuxi" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Myriotheca desaillyi
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Myriotheca desaillyi
Myriotheca desaillyi Zeiller 1883
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris whitii, Sphenopteris barbalata n. sp., Sphenopteris hirticula n. sp., Sphenopteris pseudofurcata, Sphenopteris spiniformis, Sphenopteris cf. dufayi
Macrostachya
  -
Macrostachya sp.
Macrostachya sp. Schimper 1869
 Cordaitales -
Cordaianthus rhabdocarpi
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron pictoense, Lepidodendron bretonense, Lepidostrobophyllum majus
Sigillariaceae
  - Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria tessellata
Crossotheca
  -
Crossotheca boulayi
Neuropteris heterophylla
  -
"Neuropteris heterophylla" = Imparipteris heterophylla
"Neuropteris heterophylla" = Imparipteris heterophylla Brongniart 1825
Stigmaria ficoides
  -
Stigmaria ficoides
Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Aphlebia
  -
Aphlebia sp.
Aphlebia sp. Presl 1838
Trigonocarpus
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Trigonocarpus ? sp.
Trigonocarpus ? sp. Brongniart 1828
 Coniferales -
Lepidostrobus mintoensis, Samaropsis cornuta, Samaropsis bisecta
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites principalis
Alloiopteris
  -
Alloiopteris similis
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum cuneifolium, Sphenophyllum myriophyllum, Sphenophyllum trichomatosum, Sphenophyllum majus, Sphenophyllum emarginatum
Sphenophyllum emarginatum Brongniart 1822
 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Mariopteris latifolia, Mariopteris carnosa, Mariopteris hirsuta, Mariopteris hirta, Mariopteris ribeyroni, Neuropteris pseudogigantea, Neuropteris corsini, Neuropteris tenuifolia, Neuropteris flexuosa, Neuropteris rarinervis, Neuropteris scheuchzeri