Carboniferous Flora of St. John, New Brunswick (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: New Brunswick, Canada (45.0° N, 66.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.1° S, 15.5° W)

When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; shale

• Plant materials come from heavy gray sandstones and beds of fine gray or blackish shale. Shale beds range in thickness from a couple of inches to a couple of feet.

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: M. C. Stopes. 1914. The "Fern Ledges" Carboniferous Flora of St. John, New Brunswick. Geologic Survey 41(38):1-142 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12421: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 09.11.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Diplothema subfurcatum, Trigonocarpum perantiquum, Rhizomorphia lichenoides
Bacillariophyceae
 Naviculales - Pinnulariaceae
Pinnularia dispalans, Pinnularia elongata
Neuropteridae
  - Neuropteridae
Cyclopteris varia, Cyclopteris brownii
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron sp.
Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820
Sigillariaceae
  - Sigillariaceae
Sigillaria sp.
Sigillaria sp. Brongniart 1822
Whittleseya
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Whittleseya dawsoniana, Whittleseya concinna
Crossotheca
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Crossotheca hoeninghausi
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales - Psilophytaceae
Psilophyton elegans
 Cordaitales -
Cordaianthus devonicus
Dicranophyllum
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Dicranophyllum glabrum
Neuropteris heterophylla
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"Neuropteris heterophylla" = Imparipteris heterophylla
"Neuropteris heterophylla" = Imparipteris heterophylla Brongniart 1825
 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Neuropteris eriana, Neuropteris selwyni, Neuropteris sp.
Neuropteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon ouangondianum
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum antiquum, Sphenophyllum ? cuneifolium
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Pterispermostrobus bifurcatus n. sp.
Pterispermostrobus bifurcatus n. sp. Stopes 1914
Stigmaria ficoides
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Stigmaria ficoides
Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris marginata, Sphenopteris valida
Adiantides
  -
Adiantides obtusus
Poacordaites
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Poacordaites sp.
Poacordaites sp. Grand'Eury 1877
Rhacopteris
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Rhacopteris busseana
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Oligocarpia splendens
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Calamites suckowi, Calamites sp., Asterophyllites acicularis, Asterophyllites parvulus, Asterophyllites sp., Calamostachys sp., Annularia sphenophylloides, Annularia stellata, Annularia latifolia
Calamites sp. Suckow 1784
Asterophyllites sp. Brongniart 1828
Calamostachys sp. Schimper 1869
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris miltoni, Pecopteris plumosa, "Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
"Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Megalopteris dawsoni
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Megalopteris dawsoni
Sporangites
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Sporangites acuminata
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
"Sternbergia sp." = Artisia
"Sternbergia sp." = Artisia Sternberg 1838
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites robbii, Cordaites principalis
 Cardiocarpales -
"Cardiocarpon cornutum" = Cardiocarpus, "Cardiocarpon obliquum" = Cardiocarpus, "Cardiocarpon ovale" = Cardiocarpus, "Cardiocarpon baileyi" = Cardiocarpus, "Cardiocarpon crampii" = Cardiocarpus
"Cardiocarpon cornutum" = Cardiocarpus
"Cardiocarpon obliquum" = Cardiocarpus
"Cardiocarpon ovale" = Cardiocarpus
"Cardiocarpon baileyi" = Cardiocarpus
"Cardiocarpon crampii" = Cardiocarpus
Neuropteris gigantea
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"Neuropteris gigantea" = Paripteris gigantea
"Neuropteris gigantea" = Paripteris gigantea Sternberg 1825