Baldwin: Pennsylvanian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Sphenopteridae
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Sphenopteris obtusiloba
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unclassified
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Alloiopteris sp.
Potonie 1897
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Calamites sp.
Suckow 1784
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Polypodiopsida
- Marattiales
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Ptychocarpus feminaeformis
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Polypodiopsida
- Marattiales
- Marattiaceae
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Caulopteris sp.
Lindley and Hutton 1832
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Pteropsida
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Alethopteris grandini
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| (Brongn.) Goepp | ||||||||||
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Peltaspermopsida
- Peltaspermales
- Peltaspermaceae
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Odontopteris sp.
Brongniart 1825
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Medullosaceae
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Neuropteris ovata
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Sigillariaceae
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Sigillaria sp.
Brongniart 1822
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Neuropteridae
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Linopteris cf. neuropteroides
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Cyclopteris sp.
Brongniart 1828
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Douglas |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 95.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.8° South, 29.7° 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: | 323.2 - 298.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lawrence Shale | Member: | Ireland Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 24647 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | H. Sims | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-08-14 05:20:01 | Last modified: | 2002-10-17 18:55:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-14 05:20:01 |
| 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] |