Where: Parke County, Indiana (39.8° N, 87.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 23.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Block Coal Member (Brazil Formation), Pennsylvanian (318.1 - 298.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; coal
Reposited in the UW
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: W. A. DiMichele, M. O. Rischbieter, D. L. Eggert and R. A. Gastaldo. 1984. Stem and leaf cuticle of Karinopteris: Source of cuticles from the Indiana "Paper" Coal. American Journal of Botany 71(5):626-637 [H. Sims/A. McGowan/J. Cassara] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32928: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Alistair McGowan on 21.07.2003