Where: Vigo County, Indiana (39.0° N, 87.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 24.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Carbondale Formation, Bashkirian to Bashkirian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. A. Peppers. 1970. Correlation and Palynology of Coals in the Carbondale and Spoon Formations (Pennsylvanian) of the Northeastern Part of the Illinois Basin. Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 93:1-174 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Cassara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23630: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 18.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cyclogranisporites | |
Knoxisporites | |
Vesicaspora | |
Microreticulatisporites | |
Lycopsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Apiculatisporis | |
Pteridopsida | |
Granulatisporites granularis, Granulatisporites cf. parvus, Leiotriletes levis, Leiotriletes notatus, Leiotriletes adnatoides
Granulatisporites cf. parvus PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954
Leiotriletes adnatoides PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954 | |
Lophotriletes | |
Florinites | |
Sphenopsida | |
Thymospora | |
Punctatisporites | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Reticulatisporites reticulatus clubmoss | |
Anapiculatisporites | |
Endosporites | |
Triquitrites | |
Cirratriradites | |
Raistrickia | |