Also known as Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site
Where: Walker County, Alabama (33.8° N, 87.2° W: paleocoordinates 12.7° S, 27.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Mary Lee coal zone Member (Pottsville Formation), Westphalian (318.1 - 306.9 Ma)
• Westphalian A
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified shale and lithified sandstone
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Primary reference: H. Haubold, A. Allen, T. P. Atkinson, R. J. Buta, J. A. Lacefield, S. C. Minkin, and B. A. Relihan. 2005. Interpretation of the tetrapod footprints from the early Pennsylvanian of Alabama. Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:75-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81525: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Sphenopteridae | |
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Lyginopteris hoeninghausi3 Potonie 1897
Sphenopteris elegans3 Brongniart 1822
Sphenopteris pottsvillea3 Gastaldo and Boersma 1983 | |
| Carpolithes | |
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Carpolithes sp.3 Schlotheim 1820 | |
| Myeloxylon | |
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Myeloxylon sp.3 Brongniart 1849 | |
| Neuropteridae | |
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Cyclopteris sp.3 Brongniart 1828
Neuralethopteris biformis3 Lesquereux 1880
Neuralethopteris pocahontas3 White 1900 | |
| Trigonocarpus | |
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Trigonocarpus sp.3 Brongniart 1828
Trigonocarpus ampulliforme3 Lesquereux 1884 | |
| Holcospermum | |
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Holcospermum sp.3 Nathorst 1914 | |
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| Cordaitopsida | |
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Cordaicarpon sp.3 Geinitz 1862
Artisia sp.3 Sternberg 1838 | |
| Pinopsida | |
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Cordaites sp.3 Unger 1850 | |
| Pteropsida | |
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Alethopteris valida3 Boulay 1876 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
Calamites suckowii3, Calamites goepperti3, Calamites undulatus3, Calamostachys sp.3, Asterophyllites charaeformis3
Calamites suckowii3 Brongniart 1828
Calamites goepperti3 Ettingshausen 1854
Calamites undulatus3 Sternberg 1825
Calamostachys sp.3 Schimper 1869
Asterophyllites charaeformis3 Goeppert 1844 | |
| Whittleseya elegans | |
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Whittleseya elegans3 Newberry 1853 | |
| Sigillariaceae | |
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Syringodendron sp.3 Sternberg 1820 | |
Lepidodendron obovatum3, Lepidodendron aculeatum3, Lepidophylloides intermedium3, Lepidostrobophyllum cf. majus3, Lepidophloios laricinus3, Aspidiopsis sp.3
Lepidodendron obovatum3 Sternberg 1820
Lepidodendron aculeatum3 Sternberg 1820
Lepidophylloides intermedium3 Lindley and Hutton 1831
Lepidophloios laricinus3 Sternberg 1820
Aspidiopsis sp.3 Potonie 1893 | |
| Amphibia | |
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Matthewichnus caudifer Kohl and Bryan 1994 tetrapod | |
Nanopus reidiae n. sp.
Nanopus reidiae n. sp. Haubold et al. 2005 tetrapod | |
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Notalacerta missouriensis Butts 1891 tetrapod
Attenosaurus subulensis Aldrich 1930 tetrapod
Cincosaurus cobbi Aldrich and Jones 1930 tetrapod | |
| Undichna | |
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Undichna sp.5 Anderson 1976 | |
| Insecta | |
Anniedarwinia alabamensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Anniedarwinia alabamensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Beckemeyer and Engel 2011 winged insect Univ. Alabama MNH PV2005.7.2.252 (UCM 1076)
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Camptodiapha atkinsoni n. gen. n. sp.2
Camptodiapha atkinsoni n. gen. n. sp.2 Beckemeyer and Engel 2011 winged insect McWane Science Center WSC #MSC9334 (UCM3045)
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Agaeoleptoptera uniotempla n. gen. n. sp.2
Agaeoleptoptera uniotempla n. gen. n. sp.2 Beckemeyer and Engel 2011 winged insect Univ. Alabama MNH PV2005.0007.0260 (UCM2368/9)
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Arenicolites longistriatus n. sp.6, Treptichnus apsorum n. sp.6, Kouphichnium sp.4, Palaeophycus sp.4, Diplichnites gouldi4, Protovirgularia sp.4, Cochlichnus sp.4
Arenicolites longistriatus n. sp.6 Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel 2005
Treptichnus apsorum n. sp.6 Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel 2005
Kouphichnium sp.4 Nopcsa 1923
Palaeophycus sp.4 Hall 1847
Protovirgularia sp.4 M'Coy 1850
Cochlichnus sp.4 Hitchcock 1858 | |