Pennsylvanian System Stratotype in the New River Formation of West Virginia (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: West Virginia (37.0° N, 81.0° W: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 29.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coal and shale
Collection methods: Collection examined during the summer of 1974.
Primary reference: W. H. Gillespie and H. W. Pfefferkorn. 1976. Plant Fossils in Early & Middle Parts of the Proposed Pennsylvanian System Stratotype in West Virginia. G.S.A. Field Trip Guidebook No. 3 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 12985: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 14.01.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Neuropteridae | |
"Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas, "Neuropteris smithsii" = Neuralethopteris smithsii
"Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas White 1900
"Neuropteris smithsii" = Neuralethopteris smithsii Lesquereux 1880 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Lyginopteris hoeninghausi Potonie 1897 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Pteropsida | |
"Alethopteris decurrens" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
"Alethopteris decurrens" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) |