The Middle Coal Formation: Carboniferous, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Antholites rhabdocarpi
Antholites pygmaea
Trigonocarpum hookeri
Trigonocarpum sigillariae
Trigonocarpum intermedium
Trigonocarpum avellanum
Trigonocarpum minus
Trigonocarpum rotundum
Bacillariophyceae - Naviculales - Pinnulariaceae
Pinnularia ramosissima
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris munda
Sphenopteris decipiens
Sphenopteris gracilis
Sphenopteris artemisiaefolia
Sphenopteris canadensis
Sphenopteris lesquereuxii
Sphenopteris microloba
Sphenopteris obtusiloba
Pteridopsida - Filicales
Hymenophyllites pentadactyla
Pteropsida
Pecopteris abbreviata
Pecopteris plumosa
Pecopteris polymorpha
Pecopteris acuta
Pecopteris longifolia
Pecopteris taeniopteroides
Pecopteris cyathea
Pecopteris aequalis
Pecopteris sillimani
Pecopteris villosa
Pecopteris bucklandi
Pecopteris oreopteroides
Pecopteris decurrens
Alethopteris grandini
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Alethopteris pteroides
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Alethopteris serlii
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Alethopteris grandis
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Pecopteris pluckenetii Schlotheim 1825
recombined as Pecopteridium pluckenetii
unclassified
Lonchopteris tenuis
Noeggerathia dispar
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetites curta
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Calamites ramosus
Calamites voltzii
Calamites novascotica
Calamites nodosus
Pinnularia capillacea Lindley and Hutton 1834
Asterophyllites foliosa
Asterophyllites ? grandis
Asterophyllites trinervis
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales - Marattiaceae
Megaphyton magnificum
Megaphyton humile
unclassified
Palaeopteris hartii
Neuropteridae
Cyclopteris ingens
Cyclopteris fimbriata
Cyclopteris hispida
Cyclopteris oblata Lindley and Hutton 1837
recombined as Pseudocyclopteris oblata
Cyclopteris obliqua Brongniart 1830
recombined as Nephropteris obliqua
unclassified
Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Sporangites glabra
Sporangites papillata Dawson 1863
Cardiocarpum fluitans
Cardiocarpum bisectum
Cardiocarpum sp. Brongniart
Coniferales
Lepidostrobus variabilis
Lepidostrobus squamosus
Lepidostrobus longifolius
Lepidostrobus sp. Brongniart 1828
Lepidostrobus trigonolepis
Lepidophyllum majus Brongniart 1828
recombined as Lepidostrobus majus
Pinopsida - Cordaitanthales
Cordaites borassifolia (Sternberg 1822)
Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Phyllopteris antiqua
synonym of Sagenopteris
unclassified
Noeggerathia flabellata Lindley and Hutton 1832
recombined as Psygmophyllum flabellatum
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron pictoense
Lepidodendron rimosum
Lepidodendron sternbergii
Lepidodendron decurtatum
Lepidodendron dilatatum
Lepidodendron binerve
Lepidodendron tumidum
Lepidodendron gracile
Lepidodendron elegans
Lepidodendron plumarium
Lepidodendron selaginoides
Lepidodendron clypeatum
Lepidodendron plicatum
Lepidodendron personatum
Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg 1820
Lepidophloios acadianus
Lepidophloios prominulus
Lepidophloios tetragonus
Lepidodendron harcourtii Witham 1833
recombined as Phillipsia harcourtii
Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria elegans
Sigillaria tessellata
Sigillaria schlotheimiana
Sigillaria saullii
Sigillaria brownii
Sigillaria reniformis
Sigillaria laevigata
Sigillaria catenoides
Sigillaria striata
Sigillaria menardi
Sigillaria sydnensis
Sigillaria organum
Sigillaria elongata
Sigillaria flexuosa
Sigillaria bretonensis
Sigillaria eminens
Sigillaria dournaisii
Sigillaria knorrii
Sigillaria pachyderma Brongniart 1836
recombined as Pseudosyringodendron pachyderma
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Odontopteris subcuneata
Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales
Sphenophyllum saxifragifolium
Sphenophyllum schlotheimii
Sphenophyllum erosum
Sphenophyllum emarginatum (Brongniart 1822)
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Dadoxylon acadianum
Dadoxylon annulatum
Medullosaceae
Neuropteris rarinervis
Neuropteris perelegans
Neuropteris voltzii
Neuropteris flexuosa
Neuropteris loshii
Neuropteris conjugata
Neuropteris attenuata
Neuropteris dentata
Neuropteris soretii
Neuropteris cyclopteroides
Neuropteris acutifolia Grewingk 1849
unclassified
Lepidophyllum intermedium
Calamites cannaeformis Schlotheim 1820
Knorria sellonii
Dictyopteris obliqua
Diplotegium retusum
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45.0° North, 64.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.6° South, 10.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Carboniferous
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 1-5
Key time interval:Carboniferous
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection method comments: The plants of the Middle Coal Formation in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are illustrated in Dawson's memoir of 1866 and in Acadian Geology.
Metadata
Database number:13145
Authorizer:R. Gastaldo Enterer:J. Allen
Modifier:J. Allen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-01-23 11:02:50 Last modified:2002-12-23 15:15:54
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-23 11:02:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4360. J. W. Dawson. 1873. Report on the Fossil Plants of the Lower Carboniferous and Millstone Grit Formations of Canada. Geological Survey of Canada [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/M. Clapham]