Tarter Collection 2 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Illinois (39.5° N, 89.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° S, 30.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tarter Member (Tradewater Formation), Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. B. Read. 1947. Pennsylvanian floral zones and floral provinces. Journal of Geology 55:271-279 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24651: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 14.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Cannophyllites
  -
Trigonocarpus
  -
Trigonocarpus sp. Brongniart 1828
Sigillariaceae
  - Sigillariaceae
Ginkgoopsida
 Callistophytales -
 Cardiocarpales -
"Cardiocarpon sp." = Cardiocarpus
"Cardiocarpon sp." = Cardiocarpus Brongniart 1881
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