Sector Coal and Roof Shale Flora of Enterprise, Oklahoma (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Haskell County, Oklahoma (35.2° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° S, 36.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coal

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Collection made in 1981. Specimens now in the Paleobotanical Collections, University of Illinois, aquisition numbers:Enterprise VS 1 - 26598-26652, Enterprise VS 2 - 26410-26518, Enterprise RS 1 - 22955-23003, Enterprise RS 2 - 23004-23052, Enterprise RS 3 - 23053-23101, Enterprise RS 4 - 23102-23150.

Primary reference: W. A. Dimichele, T.L. Phillips, and G.E. McBrinn. 1991. Quantitative Analysis and Paleoecology of the Secor Coal and Roof-Shale Floras (Middle Pennsylvanian, Oklahoma). Palaios 6:390-409 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/J. Cassara]more details

PaleoDB collection 12769: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 07.12.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anachoropteris
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Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum sp. König 1825
 Cordaitales -
Mesoxylon sp. Scott and Maslen 1910
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Heterangium
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Heterangium sp. Corda 1845
Microspermopteris aphyllum
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Ginkgoopsida
 Callistophytales -
Pinopsida
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Pennsylvanioxylon sp. 1 Vogellehner 1965
Pennsylvanioxylon sp. Vogellehner 1965
 Coenopteridales -
Lycopsida
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Chaloneria sp. Pigg and Rothwell 1983
Anabathra pulcherrima
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