PBDB Collection

Crab Orchard Mountains Flora, Georgia (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Georgia (34.0° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° S, 30.1° W)

When: Crab Orchard Mountains Formation, Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coal and shale

• Most extensive floras found in association with the Number 3 coal bed of the Vandever Member and the Number 5 coal of the Whitwell Member

• Megafossils are from shales and siltstones associate with coal beds.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coalified

Primary reference: W. H. Gillespie, T.J. Crawford, and J.A. Waters. 1989. Plant Fossils of the Pennsylvanian System of Georgia. Guidebook Addendum: 38th Annual Meeting, Southeastern Section, The Geological Society of America 1-13 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]more details

PaleoDB collection 12700: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 26.11.2001

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Hocospermum sp., Diplothmena cheathami Hocospermum sp. Diplothmena cheathami
Pteropsida
Filicinae -	"Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), "Alethopteris decurrens" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris), Alethopteris valida "Alethopteris lonchitica" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) "Alethopteris decurrens" = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Alethopteris valida Boulay 1876
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Annularia asteris, Annularia radiata, Calamites cistiiformis, Calamites sp., Asterophyllites grandis, Asterophyllites equisetiformis, Asterophyllites charaeformis Annularia asteris Annularia radiata Calamites cistiiformis Calamites sp. Suckow 1784 Asterophyllites grandis Asterophyllites equisetiformis Asterophyllites charaeformis Goeppert 1844
Marattiales - Marattiidae	Zeilleria delicatula Zeilleria delicatula Sternberg 1884
Hymenophyllales - Polypodiidae	Eusphenopteris aldrichii Eusphenopteris aldrichii
Pteridopsida
Filicales -	Palmatopteris furcata Palmatopteris furcata Brongniart 1893
Neuropteris heterophylla
-	"Neuropteris cf. heterophylla" = Imparipteris heterophylla "Neuropteris cf. heterophylla" = Imparipteris heterophylla Brongniart 1825
Sphenopteridae
- Sphenopteridae	Sphenopteris hoeninghausii, Sphenopteris pottsvillea Sphenopteris hoeninghausii Sphenopteris pottsvillea Gastaldo and Boersma 1983
Alloiopteris
-	Alloiopteris cf. georgiana Alloiopteris cf. georgiana
Sigillariaceae
- Sigillariaceae	Sigillaria elegans Sigillaria elegans

Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae	Lepidodendron obovatum, Lepidodendron aculeatum, Lepidophloios laricinus Lepidodendron obovatum Sternberg 1820 Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg 1820 Lepidophloios laricinus Sternberg 1820
Ginkgoopsida
Callistophytales -	Eremopteris sp. Eremopteris sp. Schimper 1869

Radiatopses - Medullosaceae	Neuropteris smithii, Neuropteris cf. hollandica Neuropteris smithii Neuropteris cf. hollandica
Peltaspermopsida
-	Aneimites pottsvillensis Aneimites pottsvillensis
Equisetopsida
Sphenophyllales -	Sphenophyllum cuneifolium, Sphenophyllum tenue Sphenophyllum cuneifolium Sphenophyllum tenue
Neuropteridae
- Neuropteridae	Neuralethopteris larishii, "Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas Neuralethopteris larishii "Neuropteris pocahontas" = Neuralethopteris pocahontas White 1900
Pinopsida
Cordaitanthales -	Cordaites sp. Cordaites sp. Unger 1850