Tarter Collection 2: Carboniferous, Illinois

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cannophyllites rectinervis
Sphenopteridae
Ovopteris communis
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales
Annularia cuspidata
Pteropsida
Pecopteris serrulata
unclassified
Trigonocarpus sp. Brongniart 1828
Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria rugosa
Ginkgoopsida - Callistophytales
Eremopteris grandis
Cardiocarpales
Cardiocarpon sp. Brongniart 1828
replaced by Cardiocarpus
(large)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 89.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.2° South, 30.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous
Key time interval:Carboniferous
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tradewater Member:Tarter
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:24651
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-08-14 07:53:47 Last modified:2023-03-25 21:44:57
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-14 07:53:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4123. C. B. Read. 1947. Pennsylvanian floral zones and floral provinces. Journal of Geology 55:271-279 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski]