Sterling Mine coal column 2 Base 2379: Late/Upper Pennsylvanian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Granasporites medius microspore
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1.2 %-specimens | ||||||
Crassispora kosankei microspore
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6.4 %-specimens | ||||||
Thymospora pseudothiessenii microspore
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
Spinosporites exiguus microspore
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
Triquitrites bransonii microspore
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0.4 specimens | ||||||
Triquitrites cf. spinosus microspore
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
Florinites florini microspore
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2.0 %-specimens | ||||||
Lycopsida
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Lycospora pellucida microspore
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
Lycospora pusilla microspore
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4.0 %-specimens | ||||||
Lycospora granulata microspore
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40.0 %-specimens | ||||||
Lycospora micropapillata microspore
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2.0 %-specimens | ||||||
Lycospora orbicula microspore
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5.6 %-specimens | ||||||
Lycospora spp. microspore
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4.0 %-specimens | ||||||
Pteridopsida
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Granulatisporites minutus microspore
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
Leiotriletes levis microspore
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
Apiculatasporites saetiger microspore
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Laevigatosporites minimus microspore
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
Laevigatosporites globosus microspore
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0.8 specimens | ||||||
Laevigatosporites minor microspore
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2.4 %-specimens | ||||||
Polypodiopsida
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Punctatosporites minutus microspore
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7.2 %-specimens | ||||||
unclassified
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Punctatisporites minutus microspore
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18.8 %-specimens | ||||||
Sphenopsida
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Calamospora breviradiata microspore
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio | County: | Jefferson |
Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 80.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 6.2° South, 17.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 | ||
*Period: | Late/Upper Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Pennsylvanian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pennsylvanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 307.00000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Conemaugh | Member: | Mahoning Coal | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Sterling Mine - Coal Column 2 - NW Corner X15 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | coal |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | mire/swamp |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | coalified,original sporopollenin |
Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | core,chemical,field collection |
Collection size: | 250 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | NW Corner X15 maceration 2379 | ||
Database number: | 11242 | ||
Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski |
Modifier: | H. Lindon | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2001-07-30 06:59:13 | Last modified: | 2002-07-24 20:13:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-07-30 06:59:13 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4147. | W. A. DiMichele, C. F. Eble, and D. S. Chaney. 1996. A drowned lycopsid forest above the Mahoning Coal (Conemaugh Group, Upper Pennsylvanian) in eastern Ohio, U.S.A. International Journal of Coal Geology 31:249-276 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/J. Cassara] |