Crab Orchard Mountains Flora, Georgia: Carboniferous, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hocospermum sp.
Diplothmena cheathami
Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales
Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
Sphenophyllum tenue
Peltaspermopsida
Aneimites pottsvillensis
Medullosaceae
Neuropteris smithii
Neuropteris cf. hollandica
unclassified
Alloiopteris cf. georgiana
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris hoeninghausii
Sphenopteris pottsvillea Gastaldo and Boersma 1983
unclassified
Neuropteris cf. heterophylla Brongniart 1825
recombined as Imparipteris heterophylla
Pteridopsida - Filicales
Palmatopteris furcata Brongniart 1893
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales - Marattiaceae
Zeilleria delicatula Sternberg 1884
Polypodiopsida - Hymenophyllales - Hymenophyllaceae
Eusphenopteris aldrichii
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Asterophyllites grandis
Asterophyllites equisetiformis
Asterophyllites charaeformis Goeppert 1844
Calamites cistiiformis
Calamites sp. Suckow 1784
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales
Annularia asteris
Annularia radiata
Pteropsida
Alethopteris lonchitica
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Alethopteris decurrens
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Alethopteris valida Boulay 1876
Neuropteridae
Neuralethopteris larishii
Neuropteris pocahontas White 1900
replaced by Neuralethopteris pocahontas
Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria elegans
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg 1820
Lepidodendron obovatum Sternberg 1820
Lepidophloios laricinus (Sternberg 1820)
Ginkgoopsida - Callistophytales
Eremopteris sp. Schimper 1869
Pinopsida - Cordaitanthales
Cordaites sp. Unger 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 85.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.6° South, 30.1° West
Time
Period:Carboniferous
*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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: coal
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: Megafossils are from shales and siltstones associate with coal beds.
Geology comments: Most extensive floras found in association with the Number 3 coal bed of the Vandever Member and the Number 5 coal of the Whitwell Member
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:coalified
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:12700
Authorizer:R. Gastaldo Enterer:J. Allen
Modifier:J. Allen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-11-26 12:31:26 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:05:03
Access level:the public Released:2001-11-26 12:31:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4260. W. H. Gillespie, T.J. Crawford, and J.A. Waters. 1989. Plant Fossils of the Pennsylvanian System of Georgia. Guidebook Addendum: 38th Annual Meeting, Southeastern Section, The Geological Society of America 1-13 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]