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Caseyville - Gentry Coal, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA
Formation | Caseyville |
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Member | Gentry Coal |
Age: | 359 - 299 Ma Paleozoic |
Interval | Carboniferous |
Lithology | shale |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 2 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Karbers Ridge Quad Loc. 14 | Gallatin County, Illinois, USA | Caseyville - Gentry Coal |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Sphenophyllum sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Sphenophyllaceae : Sphenophyllum | 358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic |
Neuropteris sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pachytestaceae : Neuropteris | 358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Jennings J. R. (1984) Distribution of Fossil Plant Taxa in the Upper Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian of the Illinois Basin 2, 301-312 |
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!