The Upper Coal Formation: Carboniferous, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Trigonocarpum noeggerathii
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Pinopsida
- Cordaitanthales
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Cordaites simplex
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unclassified
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Lepidophyllum trinerve
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Lepidophyllum sp.
Brongniart 1828
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Lepidophyllum lanceolatum
Lindley and Hutton 1831
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Neuropteris gigantea
Sternberg 1825
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Sphenophyllum longifolium
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Dadoxylon materiarium
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Peltaspermopsida
- Peltaspermales
- Peltaspermaceae
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Odontopteris schlotheimii
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Medullosaceae
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Neuropteris cordata
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Neuropteris rarinervis
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unclassified
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Neuropteris heterophylla
Brongniart 1825
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Sphenopteridae
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Sphenopteris latior
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Sphenopteris hymenophylloides
Brongniart 1828
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Pteropsida
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Pecopteris arborescens
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Pecopteris rigida
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Pecopteris unita
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Pecopteris oreopteroides
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Alethopteris lonchitica
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Alethopteris nervosa
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Alethopteris muricata
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Annularia sphenophylloides
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Annularia longifolia
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Calamodendron approximatum
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Asterophyllites equisetiformis
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Calamites suckovii
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Calamites cistii
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Calamites dubius
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Calamites gigas
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unclassified
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Beinertia goepperti
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Palaeopteris acadica
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Neuropteridae
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Cyclopteris heterophylla
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Cyclopteris oblongifolia
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Neuropteris auriculata
Brongniart 1830
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidophloios parvus
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Lepidodendron undulatum
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Sigillariaceae
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Sigillaria scutellata
Brongniart 1822
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unclassified
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Walchia gracilis
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Walchia robusta
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Rhabdocarpus insignis
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Antholithes squamosa
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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 nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1-5 |
| Key time interval: | Carboniferous |
| Age range of interval: | 358.9 - 298.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The plants of the Upper Coal Formation in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia are illustrated in Dawson's memoir of 1866 and in Acadian Geology. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13146 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Gastaldo | Enterer: | J. Allen |
| Modifier: | J. Allen | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-01-23 12:21:44 | Last modified: | 2002-12-23 15:16:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-01-23 12:21:44 |
| 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] |