Lost Branch Section maceration 3193D: Desmoinesian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Secarisporites remotus microspore
Balteosporites minutus microspore
Reticulitriletes reticulocingulum microspore
Crassispora kosankei microspore
Granasporites medius microspore
Cadiospora magna microspore
Angulisporites splendidus microspore
Torispora securis microspore
Wilsonites delicatus microspore
1.5 %-individuals
Protohaploxipinus sp. microspore
1 %-individuals
Centonites symmetricus microspore
Florinites mediapudens microspore
12.5 %-individuals
Florinites triletus microspore
0.5 %-individuals
Florinites visendus microspore
Florinites volans microspore
3 %-individuals
Florinites spp. microspore
9.5 %-individuals
Microreticulatisporites sulcatus microspore
Lycopsida
Lycospora granulata microspore
47 %-individuals
Lycospora pusilla microspore
0.5 %-individuals
Lycospora rotunda microspore
0.5 %-individuals
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovalis microspore
2 %-individuals
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales
Convolutispora informal sp. B microspore Hoffmeister et al. 1955
Polypodiopsida
Verrucosisporites informal sp. A microspore Potonie and Kremp 1954
Punctatosporites granifer microspore
Punctatosporites minutus microspore
unclassified
Murospora kosankei microspore Somers 1952
Pteridopsida
Deltoidospora priddyi microspore
Apiculatasporites latigranifer microspore
0.5 %-individuals
Granulatisporites minutus microspore
0.5 %-individuals
Granulatisporites pallidus microspore
Granulatisporites spp. microspore
1 individual
unclassified
Converrucosisporites sp. microspore Potonié and Kremp 1954
Vesicaspora spp. microspore
2.5 %-individuals
Lophotriletes copiosus microspore
Lophotriletes gibbosus microspore
Lophotriletes mosaicus microspore
Lophotriletes pseudaculeatus microspore
Lophotriletes rarispinosus microspore
Thymospora pseudothiessenii microspore
0.5 %-individuals
Thymospora obscura microspore
Striomonosaccites sp. microspore Bharadwaj 1962
Cyclogranisporites aureus microspore
Cyclogranisporites obliquus microspore
3.5 %-individuals
Cyclogranisporites orbicularis microspore
Cyclogranisporites spp. microspore
0.5 %-individuals
Sphenopsida
Calamospora breviradiata microspore
Calamospora hartungiana microspore
Calamospora spp. microspore
1 %-individuals
unclassified
Punctatisporites chapelensis microspore
1 %-individuals
Punctatisporites flavus microspore
Punctatisporites grandivermiculatus microspore
Punctatisporites minutus microspore
3 %-individuals
Punctatisporites obesus microspore
Punctatisporites spp. microspore
Densosporites informal sp. B microspore Berry 1937
Spermatophyta informal Undifferentiated monosaccates microspore
5.5 %-individuals
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus sp. microspore Naumova 1954
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Striatopodocarpites sp. microspore Sedova 1956
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pityosporites sp. microspore Seward 1914
1.5 %-individuals
unclassified
Anapiculatisporites grandensis microspore
Potonieisporites novicus microspore
1 %-individuals
Hamiapollenites sp. microspore Wilson
Endosporites globiformis microspore
Cirratriradites spp. microspore
Limitisporites sp. microspore Leschik 1956
Raistrickia subcrinita microspore
Algae - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus sp. microspore Kutzing 1849
unclassified
Knoxisporites stephanephorus microspore
Knoxisporites informal sp. A microspore Potonie and Kremp 1954
Triquitrites additus microspore
Triquitrites bransonii microspore
Triquitrites crassus microspore
Triquitrites minutus microspore
Triquitrites spinosus microspore
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Labette
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 95.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.7° South, 30.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
*Period:Late/Upper Carboniferous *Epoch:Desmoinesian
Key time interval:Desmoinesian
Age range of interval:312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lost Branch
Local section:Lost Branch Section Local bed:upper gray shale bed
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Collection size:200 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Outcrop 19 of Heckel (1991)
Database number:10780
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:S. Ostrowski, H. Lindon
Modifier:H. Lindon Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-06-24 12:03:02 Last modified:2002-07-22 20:44:39
Access level:the public Released:2001-06-24 12:03:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3992. R. A. Peppers. 1997. Palynology of the Lost Branch Formation of Kansas--new insights on the major floral transition at the Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian boundary. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 98:223-246 [H. Sims/H. Sims/H. Sims]