Trout Creek Pass 1: Carboniferous, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidodendron sp. axis
Sternberg 1820
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Fremont |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 106.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.8° South, 41.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1-5 |
| Key time interval: | Carboniferous |
| Age range of interval: | 358.9 - 298.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 155 feet above the base of the Weber(?) formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 33039 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | A. McGowan |
| Modifier: | A. McGowan | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-07-22 13:09:27 | Last modified: | 2003-08-29 10:29:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-22 13:09:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4135. | C. A. Arnold. 1941. Some Paleozoic plants from Central Colorado and their stratigraphic significance. Contrib. Mus. Paleontol. University of Michigan 6:59-70 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/H. Sims] |