Where: Clay County, Kentucky (37.1° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 27.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Breathitt Formation, Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

• The Breathitt Formation, which contains the coal zone studied, reaches a maximum thickness of about 950 meters, and is composed of clay-shale, siltstone, subgreywacke, and several relatively thin calcium carbonate beds.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; graded siltstone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. A. Spurgeon and J. R. Jennings. 1985. Pennsylvanian plants of eastern Kentucky: A flora from the Breathitt Formation near Grannies Branch and Rocky Branch of Goose Creek, Clay County, Kentucky. Kentucky Geological Survey Rept. Inv. 3, Series 11 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski]more details

PaleoDB collection 11203: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Alistair McGowan

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