Blue Creek Coal Mire 09/23/00: Carboniferous, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Paleostachya sp. non-seed repro
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Rachis sp. axis
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80 specimens | ||||||
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Sphenophyllum cuneifolium leaf
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Sphenophyllum emarginatum leaf
(Brongniart 1822)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Sphenopteridae
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Lyginopteris hoeninghausii leaf
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Sphenopteris cf. schatzlarensis leaf
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Sphenopteris pseudocristata leaf
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Sphenopteris pottsvillea leaf
Gastaldo and Boersma 1983
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13 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Trigonocarpus sp. seed/fruit
Brongniart 1828
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Sigillariaceae
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Sigillaria scutellata axis
Brongniart 1822
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidophylloides sp. leaf
Snigirevskaya 1958
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83 specimens | ||||||
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Lepidodendron aculeatum axis
Sternberg 1820
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Lepidophloios laricinus axis
(Sternberg 1820)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Macrostachya sp. cuticle
Schimper 1869
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Coniferales
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Lepidostrobus sp. non-seed repro
Brongniart 1828
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Pteropsida
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Pecopteris arborescens leaf
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Hymenophyllales
- Hymenophyllaceae
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Eusphenopteris lobata leaf
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Annularia radiata leaf
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Asterophyllites grandis leaf
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26 specimens | ||||||
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Asterophyllites longifolius leaf
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Calamites cisti axis
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Calamites suckowi axis
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Pteridopsida
- Filicales
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Palmatopteris furcata leaf
Brongniart 1893
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Neuropteridae
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Neuralethopteris elrodi leaf
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Neuralethopteris pocahontas leaf
White 1900
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Neuralethopteris schlehani leaf
(Stur 1877)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bacillariophyceae
- Naviculales
- Pinnulariaceae
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Pinnularia sp. root
Ehrenberg 1843
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 87.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.7° South, 32.2° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1-5 |
| *Period: | Middle Carboniferous |
| Key time interval: | Carboniferous |
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pottsville | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mary Lee Coal zone, Pottsville Formation, Black Warrior Basin, AL; Ultimate forest floor litter in tidalite deposits | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: Heterolithic pin-stripe laminations of coarse siltstone and fine mudstone; tidalites | |||
| Environment: | mire/swamp | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression,adpression,concretion |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Degree of concentration: | -single event |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31031 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Gastaldo | Enterer: | R. Gastaldo |
| Modifier: | R. Gastaldo | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-04-07 13:05:14 | Last modified: | 2003-04-07 16:05:19 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2003-04-07 13:05:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8339. | W.N. Ware. 2001. A paleoecological study of an in situ peat-forming Carboniferous forest in the Black Warrior Basin, Alabama. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Auburn University, Al. 1-81 [R. Gastaldo/R. Gastaldo/R. Gastaldo] |