Lone Star Lake: Pennsylvanian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Medullosaceae
Neuropteris ovata
Hoff
Neuropteris scheuchzeri
Hoff
Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales
Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
(Ger. & Kaul.) Ung.
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris obtusiloba
Brongniart
Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria brardii
Brongniart
Cordaitales
Cordaianthus sp. Grand'Eury 1877
Cordaicarpus sp. Geinitz 1862
Ginkgoopsida - Callistophytales
Dicksonites pluckenetii
Schloth
Pinopsida - Cordaitanthales
Cordaites sp. Unger 1850
unclassified
Aphlebia sp. Presl 1838
Pteropsida
Alethopteris grandini
spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
(Brongn.) Goepp
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales
Asterotheca arborescens
(Schloth.) Stur
Asterotheca cf. hemiteloides
(Brongn.) Grand'Eury
Ptychocarpus candolliana
Brongniart
Ptychocarpus feminaeformis
Schloth
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales - Marattiaceae
Acitheca polymorpha Brongniart 1879
Brongniart
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales
Annularia mucronata
Schenk
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Asterophyllites equisetiformis
(Schloth.) Brongniart
Asterophyllites longifolius
(Stbg.) Brongniart
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Douglas
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 95.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.6° South, 29.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
*Period:Late/Upper Carboniferous
Key time interval:Pennsylvanian
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lawrence Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:24638
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:H. Sims Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-08-13 08:27:02 Last modified:2002-10-17 14:36:42
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-13 08:27:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4122. A. A. Cridland and J. E. Morris. 1963. Taeniopteris, Walchia and Dichophyllum in the Pennsylvanian System of Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44:71-85 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski]