Saginaw and St. Charles Locality Michigan Coal Basin: Pennsylvanian, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Trigonacarpolithus typicus
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Pteropsida
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Alethopteris decurrens
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| spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) | ||||||||||
| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Alethopteris Helenae
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| spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) | ||||||||||
| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Alethopteris decurrens
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| spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) | ||||||||||
| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Annularia sp.
Sternberg 1821
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Asterophyllites cf. longifolius
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| Standard Mine | ||||||||||
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Asterophyllites equisetiformis
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Calamites ramosus
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| Standard Mine | ||||||||||
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Calamites sp.
Suckow 1784
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| Standard Mine | ||||||||||
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Calamites undulatus
Sternberg 1825
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Aulacotheca Campbelli
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Physostoma Winchellii
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidodendron ophiurioides
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Lepidodendron Brittsii
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Lepidodendron vestitum
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Lepidodendron aculeatum
Sternberg 1820
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Lepidodendron obovatum
Sternberg 1820
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| Standard Mine | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Spermatites reticulatus
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Spermatites globosus
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Spermatites cylix
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Bothrodendron minutifolium
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Bothrodendron punctatum
Lindley and Hutton 1833
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Rhabdocarpus multistriatus
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| original and current combination Rhabdocarpos | ||||||||||
| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Asolanus camptotaena
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Stigmaria verrucosa
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| Standard Mine | ||||||||||
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Sphenophyllum bifurcatum
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| Standard Mine | ||||||||||
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Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
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| Standard Mine | ||||||||||
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Sphenophyllum saxifragaefolium
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Medullosaceae
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Neuropteris dilitata
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Neuropteris sp.
Brongniart 1828
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Neuropteris cf. tenuifolia
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Neuropteris Schlehani
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Neuropteris saginawensis
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Neuropteris obliqua
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Neuropteris tenuifolia
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Mariopteris nervosa
Brongniart 1879
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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"Trigonocarpus" Noeggerathi
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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"Trigonocarpus" Noeggerathi
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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Coniferales
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Lepidostrobus sp.
Brongniart 1828
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Pinopsida
- Cordaitanthales
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Cordaites sp.
Unger 1850
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| St. Charles-Garfield Mine | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Lepidocarpon sp.
Scott 1900
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| Big Chief No. 8 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 85.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° South, 21.4° West |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Carboniferous | ||
| Key time interval: | Pennsylvanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.20000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Saginaw | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Materials came from mine dumps, and assigned to the Saginaw Group. However, some plant materials from Big Chief No. 8 mine may be higher. | |||||
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 10885 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Gastaldo | Enterer: | J. Allen |
| Modifier: | J. Allen | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-06-29 10:41:38 | Last modified: | 2002-11-16 09:49:38 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2001-06-29 10:41:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4003. | C. A. Arnold. 1949. Fossil Flora of the Michigan Coal Basin. Contributions from the Musuem of Paleontology: University of Michigan 7(9):131-269 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen] |