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

unclassified
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Dactylotheca
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Dactylotheca sp. Zeiller 1883
Pteropsida
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Rhodea sp. Presl 1838
 Filicinae -
"Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
"Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Sternberg 1825
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Calamostachys sp. Schimper 1869
Asterophyllites sp. Brongniart 1828
"Mesocalamites sp." = Calamites (Mesocalamites) Hirmer 1927
Annularia sp. Sternberg 1821
Alloiopteris
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Alloiopteris sp. Potonie 1897
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820
 Cordaitales -
Cordaicarpus sp. Geinitz 1862
 Gigantopteridales - Gigantopteridaceae
"Megalopteris sp." = Gigantopteris
"Megalopteris sp." = Gigantopteris Geyler 1886
Lagenospermum
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Lagenospermum sp. Nathorst 1914
Telangium
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Telangium sp. Benson 1904
Lacoea
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Lacoea sp. Read 1946
 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Mariopteris ? sp. Zeiller 1879
Archaeopteridopsida
 Archaeopteridales - Archaeopteridaceae
Palaeopteridium sp. Kidston 1923
 Coniferales -
Samaropsis sp. Göppert 1864
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites sp. Unger 1850
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Gulpenia sp. Gothan and Jongmans 1927
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825