Lookout Mountain: Pennsylvanian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae
Cincosaurus cobbi Aldrich and Jones 1930
Sphenopteridae
Lyginopteris sp. Potonie 1897
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Calamites sp. Suckow 1784
Pteropsida
Alethopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820
Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria sp. Brongniart 1822
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Chatooga
Coordinates: 34.5° North, 85.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.3° South, 25.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
Key time interval:Pennsylvanian
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Pottsville Formation:Crab Orchard Mountain Member:Whitwell Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:wavy/flaser/lenticular bedding sandy siltstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:150407
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:S. Alam
Modifier:S. Alam
Created:2013-09-08 07:29:22 Last modified:2013-12-07 23:27:45
Access level:the public Released:2013-09-08 07:29:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48098. W. J. Schneck and W. J. Fritz. 1985. An Amphibian Trackway (Cincosaurus cobbi) from the Lower Pennsylvanian ("Pottsville") of Lookout Mountain, Georgia: A First Occurrence. Journal of Paleontology 59(5):1243-1250 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen]