E and B Coal Company (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Illinois (40.0° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.2° S, 23.1° W)

When: Carboniferous to Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: W. A. DiMichele and R. B. Aronson. 1992. The Pennsylvanian-Permian vegetational transition: a terrestrial analogue to the onshore-offshore hypothesis. Evolution 46(3):807-824 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/J. Cassara]more details

PaleoDB collection 11213: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001

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Taxonomic list

 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Neuropteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822
Polypodiopsida
 Hymenophyllales - Polypodiidae
Eusphenopteris sp. Weiss 1882
Ginkgoopsida
 Callistophytales -
Dicksonites sp. Sterzel 1883