Megaphyton braidwoodense

  • UP423/UC40001
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Megaphyton braidwoodense, Middle Pennsylvanian, Carbondale Fm, Francis Creek Shale Mbr, USA, IL, Grundy Co., Mazon Creek Region
Catalog Number: UC 40001 (1)
Taxonomic Name: Megaphyton braidwoodense
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Pteridophyta
Order: Marattiales
Family: Psaroniaceae
Period: Pennsylvanian
Earliest Epoch: Middle Pennsylvanian
Earliest Age: Moscovian / Desmoinesian
Formation: Carbondale
Lithology: Shale
Member: Francis Creek Shale
Coordinates Available?: Yes
Region/Area: Mazon Creek Region
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Illinois
County: Grundy
Township: Coal City
EMu IRN: 2306009
Occurrence ID: ebfb88b8-d251-4802-b794-b3a4de38f774

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