PBDB Collection

Vandever Shale and Rockcastle Sandstone-Northwest Georgia (Carboniferous to of the United States)

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

• Vandever Shale- 170 feet thick composed of thin fissle green and brown shales with a few brown sandstone and siltstone beds.

•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

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Archeopteris sp. Archeopteris sp.
Pteropsida
Filicinae -	Pecopteris ? elliptica, Pecopteris sp., "Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), "Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), "Alethopteris cf. lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Pecopteris ? elliptica Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822 "Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Sternberg 1825 "Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) "Alethopteris cf. lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Calamites suckowi, Calamites sp., Annularia sp. Calamites suckowi Calamites sp. Suckow 1784 Annularia sp. Sternberg 1821
Callipteridium
-	Callipteridium cf. membranaceum Callipteridium cf. membranaceum
Neuropteridae
- Neuropteridae	"Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas, "Neuropteris biformis" = Neuralethopteris biformis "Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas White 1900 "Neuropteris biformis" = Neuralethopteris biformis Lesquereux 1880
Sphenopteridae
- Sphenopteridae	Sphenopteris deltiformis, Sphenopteris hoeninghausi Sphenopteris deltiformis Sphenopteris hoeninghausi
Pinopsida
Cordaitanthales -	Cordaites communis, Cordaites serpens, Cordaites sp. Cordaites communis Cordaites serpens Cordaites sp. Unger 1850

Radiatopses - Medullosaceae	Neuropteris flexuosa, Neuropteris sp., Neuropteris plicata Neuropteris flexuosa Neuropteris sp. Brongniart 1828 Neuropteris plicata
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae	Lepidodendron sp., Lepidodendron rimosum Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820 Lepidodendron rimosum
Sigillariaceae
- Sigillariaceae	Sigillaria sp., Sigillaria ? mammillaris Sigillaria sp. Brongniart 1822 Sigillaria ? mammillaris
Ginkgoopsida
Callistophytales -	Eremopteris cf. microphylla Eremopteris cf. microphylla
Macrostachya
-	Macrostachya sp. Macrostachya sp. Schimper 1869