Tell City: Carboniferous, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pteropsida
Alethopteris lonchitica
Alethopteris owenii
Medullosaceae
Mariopteris sp. Zeiller 1879
Neuropteris scheuchzeri
Neuropteris tenuifolia
unclassified
Trigonocarpus sp. Brongniart 1828
Lepidophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820
Coniferales
Lepidostrobus sp. Brongniart 1828
Cardiocarpales
Cardiocarpon sp. Brongniart 1828
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana County:Perry
Coordinates: 37.9° North, 86.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.5° South, 29.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Carboniferous
10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 1-5
Key time interval: Carboniferous Zone:  Zone 5
Age range of interval: 358.9 - 298.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lampasas Formation:Kanawha
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The following list of species from the shale above the Cannelton coal at Tell City, Indiana illustrates a typicaly flora from this zone.

Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:24654
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-08-14 08:23:00 Last modified:2023-03-25 21:46:08
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-14 08:23:00
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]