Murphysboro (Carboniferous to of the United States)
Where: Jackson County, Illinois (37.8° N, 89.3° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 24.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zone 6 zone, Des Moines Group, Podolskian to Podolskian (311.4 - 309.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coal
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. B. Read. 1947. Pennsylvanian floral zones and floral provinces. Journal of Geology 55:271-279 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11193: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Heather Lindon