Leisman Coal Ball 3760/OPC 00008002:
Locality
Overall Locality that Coal Ball 3760 was collected from:
OPC 00008005: Western Coal and Mining Company Mine #10 spoil pile, approximately one mile northeast of Cherokee, Crawford County, Kansas, United States
- Stratigraphy: Cherokee Group: Cabaniss Formation: Weir-Pittsburg Coal
- Age: Paleozoic: Pennsylvanian: Desmoinesian
- Additional Coal Balls: 4011, 4387, seven coal balls only referred to by quantity not numbers
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Taxa
Taxa that Leisman and his collaborators identified or described from Coal Ball 3760:
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Publications
Publications in which Leisman described or identified specimens from Coal Ball 3760:
- Leisman, Gilbert Arthur and Stidd, Benton Maurice, 1967. Further Occurrences of Spencerites from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Kansas and Illinois. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 316-323. doi: 10.2307/2440760 [SNOMNH-Pbot_00000254] (link to our page on publication, PDF of article)
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Specimens
Specimens that Leisman identified or described from Coal Ball 3760:
We are currently only aware of specimens that are in the Leisman Collection in the L. R. Wilson Paleobotany and Micropaleontology Collection, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma, United States (OMNH).
Before any sorting, we list the specimens numerically by Leisman number, then by type of specimen in this order: coal balls, coal ball peels, microscope slides, cones, sporangium and spores. The columns are sort-able by clicking on the heading. The first click to a heading sorts them alphabetically (A to Z)/numerically (1-25). The second click to heading sorts them reverse alphabetically (Z to A)/numerically (25-1). The third click to heading brings back to original sort order.
Based on publications, labels, letters, and other documentation, we are aware that Leisman and his collaborators described or worked with specimens derived from Coal Ball 2160 listed in the table below.
If you are aware of any additional specimens that Leisman and his collaborators described or worked with from Coal Ball 3760, please add them to our Collection Forum or contact us to let us know even if they are at another repository.
| Leisman Number | Repository | OPC Specimen Number | Identification | Type | SNOMNH-Pbot Publication Number | Confirmed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3760 | OMNH | 00000000 | Coal Ball - Entire | Epitype | 00000254 | Partial | Contains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 and other taxa; at least partially processed into additional specimens |
