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Hepler Unit, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA

FormationHepler Unit
Age:306 - 303 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalMissourian
Lithologyshale, coal, "shale"/mudstone
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences88

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Uniontown Section maceration 3161ABourbon County, Kansas, USAHepler Unit

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Lost Branch307 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
shale, "limestone"905

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cyclogranisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Cyclogranisporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Lophotriletes sp.
genus
6Lophotriletes305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Punctatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Punctatisporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Punctatisporites glaber
species
7Punctatisporites : Punctatisporites glaber305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Spermatophyta
phylum
2Plantae : Spermatophyta305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Anapiculatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Bryophyta : Anapiculatisporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Lycospora sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Lycospora305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Foveosporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales : Selaginellaceae : Foveosporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Microreticulatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Microreticulatisporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Verrucosisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Verrucosisporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Apiculatasporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Apiculatasporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Apiculatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Apiculatisporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Deltoidospora sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Deltoidospora305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Granulatisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Granulatisporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Laevigatosporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Laevigatosporites305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Calamospora sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Calamospora305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Peppers R. A. (1997) Palynology of the Lost Branch Formation of Kansas--new insights on the major floral transition at the Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian boundary, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 98, 223-246
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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