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Shelburn, USA

Formation	Shelburn
Member(s)	Busseron Sandstone
Age:	315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Middle Pennsylvanian
Lithology	coal
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	65

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Chieftain No.20 Flora of Vigo County	Vigo County, Indiana, USA	Shelburn - Busseron Sandstone
Lake Creek Coal Member	Franklin County, Illinois, USA	Shelburn
Rock Branch Coal - Upper 6 Inches	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA	Shelburn

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Shelburn - Busseron Sandstone	359 - 299 Ma Paleozoic	ironstone/"shale"	43
McLeansboro - Shelburn	307 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	70

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Calamites suckowii species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Calamites : *Calamites suckowii*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Lepidodendron obovatum species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lepidodendraceae : Lepidodendron : *Lepidodendron obovatum*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Lepidophloios laricinus species	7	Plantae : Lepidodendraceae : Lepidophloios : *Lepidophloios laricinus*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Lepidostrobophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Lepidodendraceae : *Lepidostrobophyllum*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Cyclopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Neuropteridae : *Cyclopteris*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Asterotheca sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Marattiales : Asterothecaceae : *Asterotheca*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Asterotheca miltoni species	7	Fungi : Ascomycota : Dothideomycetes : Pleosporales : Asterotheca : *Asterotheca miltoni*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Bothrodendron sp. genus	6	*Bothrodendron*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Cyclogranisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Cyclogranisporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Lepidophyllum sp. genus	6	*Lepidophyllum*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Pecopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Marattiales : Asterothecaceae : *Pecopteris*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Punctatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Punctatisporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Punctatosporites sp. genus	6	*Punctatosporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Raistrickia sp. genus	6	*Raistrickia*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Raistrickia aculeata species	7	Raistrickia : *Raistrickia aculeata*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Stigmaria sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Stigmaria*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Vesicaspora sp. genus	6	*Vesicaspora*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Sigillaria sp. genus	6	Plantae : Sigillariaceae : *Sigillaria*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Cordaites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Cordaitaceae : *Cordaites*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Annularia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : *Annularia*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Sphenophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Sphenophyllaceae : *Sphenophyllum*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Dicksonites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Callistophytales : *Dicksonites*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Lycospora sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : *Lycospora*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Microreticulatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : *Microreticulatisporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Verrucosisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Verrucosisporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Apiculatasporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : *Apiculatasporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Deltoidospora sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Deltoidospora*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Granulatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Granulatisporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Laevigatosporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Laevigatosporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Laevigatosporites vulgaris species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Laevigatosporites : *Laevigatosporites vulgaris*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Tuberculatosporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : *Tuberculatosporites*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Mariopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Callistophytaceae : *Mariopteris*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Neuropteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pachytestaceae : *Neuropteris*	358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic
Calamospora sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Calamospora*	314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous

References

Boneham R. F. (1974) Chieftain No.20 Flora (Middle Pennsylvanian) of Vigo County Indiana, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 84, 89-113

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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