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Kewanee - Spoon - Muphysboro Coal, Champaign County, Illinois, USA

Group	Kewanee
Formation	Spoon
Member	Muphysboro Coal
Age:	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Bashkirian - Gzhelian
Lithology	coal
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	67

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
E and B Coal Company	Champaign County, Illinois, USA	Kewanee - Spoon - Muphysboro Coal

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Kewanee - Carbondale - Allenby Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	21
Kewanee - Carbondale - Briar Hill (No. 5A) Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	36
Kewanee - Carbondale - Colchester (No. 2) Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal, "shale"	165
Kewanee - Carbondale - Danville (No. 7) Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	108
Kewanee - Carbondale - Herrin (No. 6) Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	107
Kewanee - Carbondale - Jamestown Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	33
Kewanee - Carbondale - Spring Lake Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	37
Kewanee - Carbondale - Springfield (No. 5) Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	90
Kewanee - Carbondale - Summum (No. 4) Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	122
Kewanee - Spoon	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	61
Kewanee - Spoon - Abingdon (?) Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	86
Kewanee - Spoon - DeKoven Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	44
Kewanee - Spoon - No. 1 Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	19
Kewanee - Spoon - Seelyville Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	42
Kewanee - Spoon - Wiley Coal	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	coal	34
Marmaton - Fort Scott Limestone - Pawnee Limestone	314 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	limestone	2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Acanthotriletes sp. genus	6	Plantae : Lycophyta : *Acanthotriletes*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Cyclogranisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Cyclogranisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Lophotriletes sp. genus	6	*Lophotriletes*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Punctatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Punctatisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Pustulatisporites sp. genus	6	*Pustulatisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Raistrickia sp. genus	6	*Raistrickia*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Vesicaspora sp. genus	6	*Vesicaspora*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Anapiculatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Bryophyta : *Anapiculatisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Reticulatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lycopodiales : Lycopodiaceae : *Reticulatisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Lycospora sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : *Lycospora*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Microreticulatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : *Microreticulatisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Murospora sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : *Murospora*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Verrucosisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Verrucosisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Apiculatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : *Apiculatisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Granulatisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Granulatisporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Laevigatosporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Laevigatosporites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Laevigatosporites vulgaris species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Laevigatosporites : *Laevigatosporites vulgaris*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Leiotriletes sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Leiotriletes*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Convolutispora sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Schizaeales : *Convolutispora*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Calamospora sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Calamospora*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous

References

Peppers R. A. (1970) Correlation and Palynology of Coals in the Carbondale and Spoon Formations (Pennsylvanian) of the Northeastern Part of the Illinois Basin, Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 93, 1-174

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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