Pottsville Formation
194 distinct taxa, from 695 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 359–299 Mya.
Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana · US
194 taxa · 695 fossils · 359–299 MyaFiled under the Allegheny Group. Members recorded: Poverty Run Limestone, Mary Lee coal zone, Mercer Shale, Harrison Ore, Mary Lee Coal, Sharon, E Coal, Lower Mercer Shale, Putnam Hill limestone, upper Mercer, ? Putnam Hill limestone, Boggs limestone.
Macrostrat dates this rock 344–306 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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34 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
- Sphenopteris
- Calamites
- Asterophyllites
- Annularia
- Lepidostrobus
- Lepidophylloides
- Sphenopteris pottsvillea
- Sigillaria
- Eusphenopteris
- Lepidophloios laricinus
- Palmatopteris furcata
- Pinnularia
- Neuralethopteris pocahontas
- Eremopteris
- Macrostachya
- Sphenophyllum
- Lepidodendron aculeatum
- Neuralethopteris schlehani
- Sphenophyllum emarginatum
- Lepidodendron obovatum
- Pecopteris
- Whittleseya elegans
- Lyginopteris
- Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
- Neuralethopteris
- Trigonocarpus
- Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
- Alloiopteris
- Cardiopteridium
- Neuralethopteris smithsii
- Alethopteris valida
- Derbyia crassa
- Desmoinesia muricatina
- Fusulinella iowensis
- Promytilus pottsvillensis
- Sigillaria scutellata
- Attenosaurus subulensis
- Chonetina choteauensis
- Composita subtilita
- Holcospermum
The 40 most often recorded, of 194.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.