Where: Vermillion County, Indiana (40.0° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 23.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Seelyville Coal Member (Spoon Formation), Bashkirian to Bashkirian (318.1 - 298.9 Ma)

• ...lie between the base of the Pennsylvanian and the Colchester (No. 2) Coal.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. A. Peppers. 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 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Cassara] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23561: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 17.07.2002