Flora of Brown County, Illinois (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: Brown County, Illinois (40.0° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 24.3° W)
When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: and dolomite
Primary reference: R. Leary. 1974. Two Early Pennsylvanian Floras of Western Illinois. Transactions, Ill. State Acad. Sci. 67(4):430-440 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/J. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13357: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 04.03.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Dactylotheca | |
Dactylotheca sp. Zeiller 1883 | |
Pteropsida | |
Rhodea sp. Presl 1838 | |
"Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
"Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Sternberg 1825 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Calamostachys sp., Asterophyllites sp., "Mesocalamites sp." = Calamites (Mesocalamites), Annularia sp.
Calamostachys sp. Schimper 1869
Asterophyllites sp. Brongniart 1828
"Mesocalamites sp." = Calamites (Mesocalamites) Hirmer 1927
Annularia sp. Sternberg 1821 | |
Alloiopteris | |
Alloiopteris sp. Potonie 1897 | |
Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820 | |
Cordaicarpus sp. Geinitz 1862 | |
"Megalopteris sp." = Gigantopteris
"Megalopteris sp." = Gigantopteris Geyler 1886 | |
Lagenospermum | |
Lagenospermum sp. Nathorst 1914 | |
Telangium | |
Telangium sp. Benson 1904 | |
Lacoea | |
Lacoea sp. Read 1946 | |
Mariopteris ? sp. Zeiller 1879 | |
Archaeopteridopsida | |
Palaeopteridium sp. Kidston 1923 | |
Samaropsis sp. Göppert 1864 | |
Pinopsida | |
Cordaites sp. Unger 1850 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Gulpenia sp. Gothan and Jongmans 1927
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825 |