McCoy (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Eagle County, Colorado (39.0° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 41.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zone 7 zone, McCoy Formation, Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. B. Read. 1947. Pennsylvanian floral zones and floral provinces. Journal of Geology 55:271-279 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11183: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
 Coniferales -
Walchia
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Walchia sp. Sternberg 1825