Roof Shale of the Springfield Coal (Illinois Basin) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wabash County, Illinois (38.3° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.7° S, 30.0° W)

When: Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coal

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: W. A. Dimichele and W. J. Nelson. 1989. Small-Scale Spatial Heterogeneity in Pennsylvanian-Age Vegetation from the Roof Shale of the Springfield Coal (Illinois Basin). Palaios 4(3):276-280 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12919: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 07.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Diaphorodendron rimosum
Asolanus
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Asolanus camptotaenia
Knorria
  -
Knorria sp.
Knorria sp. Sternberg 1825
Cyperites
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Cyperites sp.
Cyperites sp. Lindley and Hutton 1832
Lepidocarpon
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Lepidocarpon sp.
Lepidocarpon sp. Scott 1900
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Caulopteris sp.
Caulopteris sp. Lindley and Hutton 1832
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Calamites cf. suckowii
Calamites cf. suckowii Brongniart 1828
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris sp., Pecopteris plumosa
Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidostrobophyllum sp., Lepidophylloides sp., Lepidodendron aculeatum
Lepidophylloides sp. Snigirevskaya 1958
Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg 1820
Sigillariaceae
  - Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria cf. mamillaris, Sigillaria sp.
Sigillaria sp. Brongniart 1822
 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Neuropteris sp., Neuropteris parvifolia, Neuropteris dussarti
Neuropteris sp. Brongniart 1828
 Coniferales -
Lepidostrobus sp.
Lepidostrobus sp. Brongniart 1828