Kansas University campus (Lawrence Shale): Pennsylvanian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lycopsida
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Lycopsida indet. fertile axis
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| "Lycopod cones" | ||||||||||
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Lycopsida indet. leaf
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| "Lycopod leaves" | ||||||||||
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Pteropsida
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Alethopteris grandini
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| spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) | ||||||||||
| (Brongn.) Goepp | ||||||||||
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Alethopteris sullivanti
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| spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) | ||||||||||
| Lesquereux | ||||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Annularia mucronata
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| Schenk | ||||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Marattiales
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Asterotheca arborescens
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| (Schloth.) Stur | ||||||||||
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Ptychocarpus candolliana
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| Brongniart | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Tracheophyta indet. fertile axis
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| "Articulate cones" | ||||||||||
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Medullosaceae
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Neuropteris scheuchzeri
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| Hoff | ||||||||||
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
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| (Ger. & Kaul.) Ung. | ||||||||||
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Sigillariaceae
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Sigillaria brardii
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| Brongniart | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Douglas |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 95.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.5° South, 30.0° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Pennsylvanian | |||||
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: | 24639 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon, H. Sims |
| Modifier: | H. Sims | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-08-13 09:10:29 | Last modified: | 2002-10-17 18:36:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-13 09:10:29 |
| 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] |