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McLeansboro - Patoka, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA

GroupMcLeansboro
FormationPatoka
Age:307 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalLate Pennsylvanian
Lithologycoal
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences61

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Unnamed Coal Macoupin County, Illinois, USAMcLeansboro - Patoka
Chapel Macoupin County, Illinois, USAMcLeansboro - Patoka
Athensville Coal MemberMacoupin County, Illinois, USAMcLeansboro - Patoka

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cyclogranisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Cyclogranisporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Lophotriletes sp.
genus
6Lophotriletes306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Punctatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Punctatisporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Punctatosporites sp.
genus
6Punctatosporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Reticulatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lycopodiales : Lycopodiaceae : Reticulatisporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Microreticulatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Microreticulatisporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Verrucosisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Verrucosisporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Apiculatasporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Apiculatasporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Deltoidospora sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Deltoidospora306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Granulatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Granulatisporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Laevigatosporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Laevigatosporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Laevigatosporites vulgaris
species
7Plantae : Tracheophyta : Laevigatosporites : Laevigatosporites vulgaris306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Tuberculatosporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Tuberculatosporites306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Calamospora sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Calamospora306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Peppers R. A. (1996) Palynological Correlation of major Pennsylvanian (Middle and Upper Carboniferous) chronostratigraphic boundaries in the Illinois and other coal basins, Geological Society of America Memoir 188, 1-111
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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