Bouxharmont seam (Carboniferous of Belgium)

Also known as Assise du Chatelet

Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 12.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Westphalian A (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coal and coal ball

Preservation: permineralized

Primary reference: J. Galtier. 1997. Coal-ball floras of the Namurian-Westphalian of Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 95:51-72 [H. Sims/J. Cassara/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37495: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 15.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Myeloxylon
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Myeloxylon sp. Brongniart 1849
Bothrodendron
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Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Cladoxylopsida
 Zygopteridae - Zygopteridae
Corynepteris sp. Bailey 1860
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Conostoma
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Miadesmia membranacea
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Miadesmia membranacea Bertrand 1895
Lepidocarpon
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Spencerites insignis
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Spencerites insignis Williamson 1897
Stigmaria ficoides
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Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Medullosa anglica
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"Medullosa anglica" = Pecopteromedullosa anglica
"Medullosa anglica" = Pecopteromedullosa anglica Scott 1899
Psalixochlaena cylindrica
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Psalixochlaena cylindrica Williamson 1878
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Psaronius sp. Cotta 1832
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Rhabdoxylon dichotomum
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 Coenopteridales -
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidocarpaceae
  - Lepidocarpaceae
Achlamydocarpon belgicum Schumacker-Lambry 1966
 Cordaitales -
Amyelon radicans Williamson 1874
Heterangium
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Heterangium sp. Corda 1845
Microspermopteris
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Physostoma
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Lagenostoma
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 Coniferales -
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
 Cordaitanthales - Cordaitanthaceae
Mitrospermum sp. Arber 1910
Anachoropteris
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