Pennsylvanian System Stratotype of the Pocahontas Formation in West Virginia (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: West Virginia (38.2° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 28.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coal and shale
Collection methods: Fossils 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 13015: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 16.01.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Sphenopteridae | |
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Lyginopteris hoeninghausi Potonie 1897 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
"Mesocalamites sp." = Calamites (Mesocalamites)
"Mesocalamites sp." = Calamites (Mesocalamites) Hirmer 1927 | |
| Neuropteridae | |
"Neuropteris smithsii" = Neuralethopteris smithsii, "Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas
"Neuropteris smithsii" = Neuralethopteris smithsii Lesquereux 1880
"Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas White 1900 | |