Carlton (Permian of the United States)
Where: Kansas (38.7° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 25.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wellington Formation (Sumner Group), Permian (298.9 - 252.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Very limited geological information
Primary reference: D. White. 1912. The characters of the fossil plant Gigantopteris Schenk and its occurrence in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41:493-516 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/A. McGowan] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11155: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Heather Lindon