Upper Foot seam: Westphalian A, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Diaphorodendron vasculare
Stigmaria bacupensis
Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Palaeostachya vera
Medullosaceae
Sutcliffia insignis Scott 1906
"in roof nodules only"
Cladoxylopsida
Corynepteris scottii
Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales
Sphenophyllum plurifoliatum
Bowmanites dawsoni
Bowmanites fertilis
Calamitopsida - Calamitales
Myriophylloides williamsonii
Astromyelon castrense
Astromyelon williamsonii
Arthroxylon oldhamium
Sphenopteridae
Lyginopteris oldhamia (Binney 1866)
unclassified
Lepidocarpon lomaxii
Cyathotrachus altus Watson 1906
Anachoropteris williamsonii
Lepidocarpaceae
Achlamydocarpon takhtajanii
Sigillariaceae
Mazocarpon shorense Benson 1918
Sigillariopsis sulcata
also(?) present in roof nodules
Sigillaria mamillaris
Sigillaria tessellata
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidophylloides minor
Lepidophylloides papillonaceum
Lepidodendron obovatum Sternberg 1820
Lepidophloios harcourtii
'in roof nodules only"
Lepidophloios fuliginosus
unclassified
Physostoma elegans Williamson 1876
Microspermopteris aphylla
Heterangium shorense
Telangium scottii
Lagenostoma lomaxii
Lagenostoma ovoides Williamson 1876
Cordaitales
Amyelon radicans Williamson 1874
Mesoxylon lomaxii
endemic, "in roof nodules only"
Mesoxylon multirame
endemic
Mesoxylon platypodium
endemic, "in roof nodules only"
Mesoxylon poroxyloides
endemic
Mesoxylon sutcliffii
endemic, "in roof nodules only"
Cladites bracteatus Scott 1930
"in roof nodules only"
Mesoxylopsis arberae Scott 1919
"in roof nodules only"
unclassified
Conostoma anglogermanicum
Conostoma oblongum
Coniferales
Lepidostrobus oldhamius
Pinopsida - Cordaitanthales - Cordaitanthaceae
Mitrospermum compressum Williamson 1910
Pinopsida - Cordaitanthales
Cordaites felicis
unclassified
Myeloxylon sp. Brongniart 1849
Pachytesta olivaeformis
Pachytesta shorensis
Pachytesta sp. Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales - Marattiaceae
Psaronius renaultii
also(?) present in roof nodules
Scolecopteris minor
S. minor var. parvifolia
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Arthropitys communis
Asthenomyelon adversale Leistikow 1962
Calamostachys binneyana
Calamostachys casheana
unclassified
Psalixochlaena cylindrica (Williamson 1878)
Tubicaulidaceae
Tubicaulis sutcliffii
"in roof nodules only"
Coenopteridales
Stauropteris oldhamia Binney 1872
Botryopteris hirsuta
Botryopteris ramosa
Ankyropteris brongniartii
Ankyropteris westphaliensis
Zygopteris paradoxum
Etapteris bertrandii
Etapteris diupsilon
"in roof nodules only"
Etapteris scottii
Etapteris shorensis
unclassified
Pteridotheca williamsonii
Medullosa anglica Scott 1899
recombined as Pecopteromedullosa anglica
"in roof nodules only"
Bothrodendron mundum
Medullosa centrofilis
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Lancashire
Coordinates: 53.5° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.1° North, 7.7° 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 Union seam splits into the Upper Foot or Bullion seam above and the Lower Main or Gannister seam below" (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
Taxonomic list comments:"The large number of endemic species is regarded as misleading and may be merely related to a 'splitter' taxonomic approach. This may apply to...the five species of Mesoxylon from Upper Foot..." (Galtier 1997). These five species are M. lomaxii, M. multirame, M. platypodium, M. poroxyloides and M. sutcliffii.
Metadata
Also known as:Bullion seam
Database number:37376
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:J. Cassara
Modifier:J. Cassara Research group:paleobotany
Created:2004-03-14 11:55:36 Last modified:2004-03-15 20:30:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-14 11:55:36
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]