"First" or "Six inch" coal: Westphalian A, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Diaphorodendron vasculare
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Pinopsida
- Cordaitanthales
- Cordaitanthaceae
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Mitrospermum compressum
Williamson 1910
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Pinopsida
- Cordaitanthales
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Cordaites felicis
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Coniferales
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Lepidostrobus arberii
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Lepidostrobus oldhamius
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Arthropitys communis
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Calamostachys binneyana
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Coenopteridales
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Stauropteris oldhamia
Binney 1872
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Ankyropteris westphaliensis
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Etapteris scottii
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Botryopteris hirsuta
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Botryopteris ramosa
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unclassified
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Stigmaria ficoides
Sternberg 1822
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Lagenostoma lomaxii
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Lagenostoma ovoides
Williamson 1876
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidodendron hickii
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Lepidophloios fuliginosus
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Sigillariaceae
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Sigillaria mamillaris
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Mazocarpon cashii
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Mazocarpon shorense
Benson 1918
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Cordaitales
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Amyelon radicans
Williamson 1874
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unclassified
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Anachoropteris williamsonii
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Sphenopteridae
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Lyginopteris oldhamia
(Binney 1866)
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Bowmanites dawsoni
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Sphenophyllum plurifoliatum
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unclassified
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Myeloxylon sp.
Brongniart 1849
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Medullosa anglica
Scott 1899
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Pachytesta olivaeformis
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Bothrodendron mundum
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Spencerites insignis
Williamson 1897
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Lepidocarpon lomaxii
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Miadesmia membranacea
Bertrand 1895
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Cheshire |
| Coordinates: | 53.3° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.0° South, 7.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Bashkirian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Westphalian A | ||
| Age range of interval: | 318.80000 - 317.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "The 'First' or 'Six inch' coal at Stalybridge, Cheshire (lower Westphalian A), which is slightly below the Union seam (Stopes and Watson, 1908)... Stopes and Watson described the occurrence of coal balls in a coal seam referred to as 'First coal' on a horizon much below the 'Upper Foot' coal. This flora...is considered as slightly older than any other coal-ball flora in Lancashire and Yorkshire." (Galtier 1997) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coal |
| Secondary lithology: | coal ball |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | permineralized |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 37359 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | J. Cassara |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2004-03-14 09:49:57 | Last modified: | 2004-03-15 20:28:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-14 09:49:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10023. | J. Galtier. 1997. Coal-ball floras of the Namurian-Westphalian of Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 95:51-72 [H. Sims/J. Cassara/J. Cassara] |