Carbondale Formation
446 distinct taxa, from 1,550 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 323–299 Mya.
Illinois, Indiana · US
446 taxa · 1,550 fossils · 323–299 MyaFiled under the Kewanee Group. Members recorded: Francis Creek Shale, Colchester (No. 2) Coal, Springfield Coal, Summum (No. 4) Coal, Danville (No. 7) Coal, Herrin (No. 6) Coal, Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Spring Lake Coal, Briar Hill (No. 5A) Coal, Jamestown Coal, Francis Creek, Allenby Coal.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Kewanee Group, and dates it 311–307 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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31 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Triquitrites
- Raistrickia
- Punctatisporites
- Calamospora
- Laevigatosporites
- Lycospora
- Cyclogranisporites
- Florinites
- Lophotriletes
- Granulatisporites
- Apiculatisporis
- Eucaenus ovalis
- Verrucosisporites
- Leiotriletes
- Medullosa
- Cirratriradites
- Endosporites
- Lepidophloios
- Miamia bronsoni
- Lepidodendraceae
- Microreticulatisporites
- Sphenophyllum
- Arthropitys
- Eubleptus danielsi
- Laevigatosporites vulgaris
- Paralycopodites
- Psaronius
- Thymospora
- Dictyotriletes
- Euphoberia armigera
- Architarbus rotundatus
- Vesicaspora
- Anachoropteris
- Calamodendron
- Elaterites triferens
- Eoscorpius carbonarius
- Gerarus constrictus
- Lepidodendron
- Prochoroptera calopteryx
- Acantherpestes major
The 40 most often recorded, of 446.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.