Stanley Cemetery: Carboniferous, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Palaeostachya elongata non-seed repro Presl 1876
(Presl) Weiss
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris (Hymenotheca) broadheadi leaf, fertile axis
D. White
unclassified
Callipteridium sullivanti leaf Lesquereux 1870
(Lesquereux) Weiss
Neuropteris ? heterophylla leaf Brongniart 1825
recombined as Imparipteris heterophylla
Brongniart
Pteridopsida - Filicales
Palmatopteris furcata leaf Brongniart 1893
(Brongniart) Potonie
unclassified
Renaultia chaerophylloides leaf Brongniart 1883
(Brongniart) Zeiller
Pteropsida
Pecopteris clintoni leaf
Lesquereux
Pecopteris ? pseudovestita leaf
D. White
Pecopteris ? serpillifolia leaf
Lesquereux
Alethopteris davreuxi leaf
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
(Brongniart) Goeppert
Alethopteris decurrens leaf
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
(Artis) Zeiller
Alethopteris grandini leaf
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
(Brongniart) Goeppert
Alethopteris serlii leaf
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
(Brongniart) Goeppert
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Oligocarpia missouriensis non-seed repro
D. White
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Calamites cruciatus axis
Sternberg
Calamites suckowii axis Brongniart 1828
Brongniart
Calamostachys sp. non-seed repro Schimper 1869
Schimper
Calamostachys ? paniculata non-seed repro
Weiss
Calamostachys superba non-seed repro
Weiss
Calamostachys tuberculata non-seed repro
(Sternberg) Weiss
Asterophyllites equisetiformis axis, leaf
(Schlotheim) Brongniart
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales
Annularia mucronata leaf
Schenck
Annularia radiata leaf
(Brongniart) Sternberg
Annularia sphenophylloides leaf
(Zenker) Gutbier
Annularia stellata leaf
(Schlotheim) Wood
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales
Asterotheca crenulata leaf
(Brongniart) Kidston
Asterotheca cyathea leaf
(Schlotheim) Stur
Asterotheca oreopteridia leaf
(Schlotheim) Kidston
unclassified
Megalopteris dawsoni leaf (Hartt 1868)
(Hartt) E. B. Andrews
Neuropteridae
Cyclopteris sp. leaf Brongniart 1828
Brongniart
Cyclopteris orbicularis leaf
Brongniart
unclassified
Trigonocarpus sp. seed/fruit Brongniart 1828
Brongniart
Cordaitopsida - Cordaitaceae
Artisia sp. axis Sternberg 1838
Sternberg
? Cordaicarpon sp. seed/fruit Geinitz 1862
Geinitz
Coniferales
Lepidostrobus cf. incertus non-seed repro
Lesquereux
Lepidostrobus variabilis non-seed repro
Lindley and Hutton
Pinopsida - Cordaitanthales
Cordaites borassifolius leaf
(Sternberg) Unger
Cordaites crassinervis leaf
Heer
Cordaites principalis leaf
(Germar) Geinitz
Cardiocarpales
Cardiocarpon sp. seed/fruit Brongniart 1828
replaced by Cardiocarpus
Brongniart
Cardiocarpon annulatum seed/fruit
replaced by Cardiocarpus
Newberry
Cardiocarpon dilatatus seed/fruit
replaced by Cardiocarpus
Lesquereux
Cardiocarpon ? ingens seed/fruit
replaced by Cardiocarpus
Lesquereux
Cardiocarpon latealatum seed/fruit
replaced by Cardiocarpus
Lesquereux
unclassified
Sigillariostrobus quadrangularis non-seed repro
(Lesquereux) White
Diplothmema obtusiloba leaf
(Brongniart) Stur
Whittleseya sp. non-seed repro Newberry 1853
Newberry
Aulacotheca sp. non-seed repro Halle 1933
Halle
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron ? lanceolatum axis
Lesquereux
Lepidodendron latifolium axis
Lesquereux
Lepidodendron modulatum axis
Lesquereux
Lepidodendron ophiurus axis
Brongniart
Lepidodendron vestitum axis
Lesqueureux
Lepidodendron wortheni axis
Lesquereux
Lepidodendron aculeatum axis Sternberg 1820
Sternberg
Lepidodendron obovatum axis Sternberg 1820
Sternberg
Aspidiaria sp. axis Presl 1838
synonym of Lepidodendron
Presl
Lepidodendron dichotomum axis Sternberg 1820
recombined as Lychnophorites dichotomus
Sternberg
Lepidostrobophyllum ovatifolius non-seed repro
(Lesquereux) Hirmer
Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria brardii axis
Brongniart
Sigillaria davreuxi axis
Brongniart
Sigillaria ? kidstoni axis
Crookall
Sigillaria scutellata axis Brongniart 1822
Brongniart
Cordaitales
Cordaianthus gemmifer axis Grand'Eury 1877
Grand'Eury
unclassified
Macrostachya infundibuliformis non-seed repro Bronn 1869
(Bronn) Schimper
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Odontopteris subcuneata leaf
Bunbury
Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales
Sphenophyllum cuneifolium leaf
(Sternberg) Zeiller
Sphenophyllum hauchecornei non-seed repro
(Weiss) Remy
Sphenophyllum emarginatum leaf (Brongniart 1822)
Brongniart
Medullosaceae
Neuropteris flexuosa leaf
Sternberg
Neuropteris macrophylla leaf
(Brongniart) Kidston
Neuropteris ? obliqua leaf
(Brongniart) Zeiller
Neuropteris rarinervis leaf
Bunbury
Neuropteris scheuchzeri leaf
Hoffman
Neuropteris tenuifolia leaf
(Schlotheim) Zeiller
Mariopteris ? hymenophylloides leaf
(Lesquereux) Kidston
Mariopteris mazoniana leaf
(Lesquereux) D. White
unclassified
Holcospermum sp. seed/fruit Nathorst 1914
Nathorst
Lepidophyllum sp. leaf Brongniart 1828
Brongniart
Aphlebia crispa
(Gutbier) Presl
Pachytesta cf. vera seed/fruit Hoskins and Cross 1946
Hoskins & Cross
Spiropteris sp. leaf, fertile axis Schimper 1869
Schimper
Rhabdocarpus cf. mansfieldi seed/fruit
original and current combination Rhabdocarpos
Lesquereux
Rhabdocarpus mamillatus seed/fruit
original and current combination Rhabdocarpos
Lesquereux
Rhabdocarpus multistriatus seed/fruit
original and current combination Rhabdocarpos
(Presl) Lesquereux
Cingularia sp. non-seed repro Weiss 1871
Weiss
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana County:Greene
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 87.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.4° South, 29.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 1-5
*Period:Middle Carboniferous - Late/Upper Carboniferous
Key time interval:Carboniferous
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brazil
Local section:Pottsville Series
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: The Brazil Formation consists of (in ascending order):1. 2 to 3 feet of the Lower Block Coal; 2. 25 feed of shale that is soft, dark gray, sandy and concretionary and that in so e places includes thin-bedded sandstone beds; in places the upper part of the unit is sandstone; 3. 2 feet of underclay; 4. 2 to 3 feet of the Upper Black Coal; 5. 25 feet of shale and thick-bedded sandstone; 6. 2 feet of undeclay; 7. 2 to 4 feet of the Minshall Coal; 8. 1 to 10 feet of black shale that grades upward into gray shale; 9. 1 to 9 feet of the Perth Limestone Member that in places is shaly limestone or calcareous shale in the lower part; 10. 10 to 20 feet of sandy shale; and 11. 0.1 to 1.0 foot of Coal II.
Environment:mire/swamp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Collection size:1917 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:This list is a compilation of varous mines in the Stanley Cemetery area, however Wood did not break down which plants came from which mine in his book.
Metadata
Database number:11197
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:S. Ostrowski, H. Lindon
Modifier:J. Cassara Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-07-23 08:59:06 Last modified:2004-02-08 14:31:03
Access level:the public Released:2001-07-23 08:59:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4129. J. M. Wood. 1963. The Stanley Cemetery Flora (Early Pennsylvanian) of Greene County, Indiana. Indiana Department of Conservation Geological Survey Bulletin 29 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/J. Cassara]