Sterling Mine coal column 2 bone 2388: Late/Upper Pennsylvanian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lycopsida
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Lycospora pellucida microspore
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
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Lycospora pusilla microspore
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4.4 %-specimens | ||||||
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Lycospora granulata microspore
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9.6 %-specimens | ||||||
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Lycospora spp. microspore
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4.0 %-specimens | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Laevigatosporites minimus microspore
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
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Laevigatosporites globosus microspore
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53.2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Laevigatosporites minor microspore
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6.4 %-specimens | ||||||
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Laevigatosporites vulgaris microspore
Ibrahim 1933
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1.6 %-specimens | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
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Punctatosporites minutus microspore
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9.2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Punctatosporites granifer microspore
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1.2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Punctatosporites rotundus microspore
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3.2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Pteridopsida
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Leiotriletes microsaetosus microspore
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
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Apiculatasporites saetiger microspore
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Triquitrites cf. spinosus microspore
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
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Spinosporites exiguus microspore
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1.2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Punctatisporites minutus microspore
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2.0 %-specimens | ||||||
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Florinites mediapudens microspore
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1.6 %-specimens | ||||||
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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 2388 | ||
| Database number: | 11251 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski |
| Modifier: | H. Lindon | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-07-30 07:17:45 | Last modified: | 2002-07-25 21:15:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-07-30 07:17:45 |
| 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] |