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Further Occurrences of Spencerites from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Kansas and Illinois

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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]

Publication indicates that Leisman had a National Science Foundation Grant (NSF Grant GB 1546) to fund the research presented in the paper and that Stidd was a participant in Research Participation Program for High School Teachers in Biology funded by National Science Foundation Grant (NSF G-20983). Publication also indicates that a portion of the project was completed while Leisman was an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Botany, University, College, London, United Kingdom.

Localities

Localities in this Publication:

OPC 00008005: Western Coal and Mining Company Mine #10 spoil pile, approximately one mile northeast of Cherokee, Crawford County, Kansas, United States

OPC 00008023: Sahara Mine #6 Mine, approximately four miles northwest of Carrier Mills, Saline County, Illinois, United States

  • Stratigraphy: Kewanee Group: Carbondale Formation: Herrin #6 Coal
  • Age: Paleozoic: Middle Pennsylvanian
  • Coal Balls: one coal ball only referred to by quantity not number
  • Important Taxa from Locality: Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898

Taxa

Taxa that Leisman figured, described or discussed in this publication are:

Specimens

Specimens that Leisman figured, described or studied as part of preparing this publication:

Many of theses specimens are now in the L. R. Wilson Paleobotany and Micropaleontology Collection, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma, United States. However, some are in other repositories/collections.

We use the following abbreviations in describing the repository (usually either a museum or university collection) that the specimens/material are owned and stored:

OMNH = Leisman Collection in the L. R. Wilson Paleobotany and Micropaleontology Collection, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma, United States

KUPB = Paleobotany Collection, Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States

WUSTL = Collection, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States (unverified if collection still exists and abbreviation created for tracking purposes only)

Note: Abbreviations are the same as those listed in The Global Registry of Biodiversity Repositories (GRBio) unless no registered abbreviation or collection code was listed which are noted.

Before any sorting, we list the specimens numerically by Figure number, then by Leisman number, then by type of specimen in this order: coal balls, coal ball peels, microscope slides, 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.

We are aware that Leisman identified the specimens/materials listed in the table in this publication.

If you are aware of any additional information about theses specimens or the location or status of unverified specimens/material please share them in the Collection Forum or contact us to let us know.

Leisman NumberRepositoryLocalityOPC Specimen NumberIdentificationFigure NumberType StatusConfirmedNotes
Not SpecifiedOMNHOPC 0000800500000000Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 19671EpitypeNoSpecimen at collecting site; number not explicitly stated in publication; highly weathered hence may have self-destructed from pyrite decay; number not explicitly stated in publication
4387A S5OMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 19672EpitypeYesTangential section through sporangia and pedicels of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; number not explicitly stated in publication
OMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 19673EpitypeYesRadial section through sporangia and sporophylls of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; number not explicitly stated in publication
Not SpecifiedOMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 19674EpitypeNoNormal spore of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; number not explicitly stated in publication
"Spencerites moorei square spore"OMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 19675EpitypeYesSpore from tetragonal tretrad of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; number not explicitly stated in publication
Not SpecifiedOPC 00008005Spencerites insignis (Williamson 1878) Scott emend. 18986Radial section of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; Reconstruction after Berridge, 1905
Not SpecifiedOPC 00008005Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 19677Tangential section through sporangium and pedicel of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; Reconstruction
Not SpecifiedSpencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 19678Radial section through sporangium and sporophyll of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; Reconstruction
4387B(2) T3OMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 18989YesTangential section through peltate heads of of Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 pedicels; number not explicitly stated in publication
4011A 1AOMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 189810YesCross section through axis of Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 with detached sporangia; number not explicitly stated in publication
4011 B4OMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 189811YesSection through detached sporangium of Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898; number not explicitly stated in publication
Not SpecifiedOMNHOPC 0000800500030196Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 189812MaybeSporangium of Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898; number not explicitly stated in publication but may have been 00030196 which was damaged
Not SpecifiedOMNHOPC 0000800500030196Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 189813MaybeSporangium of Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898; number not explicitly stated in publication but may have been 00030196 which was damaged
Not SpecifiedOMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 189814NoSpores of Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 with two still in tetrad alignment; number not explicitly stated in publication
Not SpecifiedOMNHOPC 00008005Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 189815NoSpore of Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898; number not explicitly stated in publication
Not SpecifiedOPC 00008005Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 189816Tetrad of spores of Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898; Reconstruction
"Spencerites moorei square spore"OMNHOPC 00008005?00030183Microscope SlideEpitypeYesContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967; source of fig. 5
3760OMNHOPC 0000800500000000Coal Ball - EntireEpitypePartialContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 and other taxa; at least partially processed into additional specimens
4011OMNHOPC 0000800500000000Coal Ball - EntirePartialContains Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 and other taxa; source of fig. 10 and 11; at least partially processed into additional specimens
4011A 1AOMNHOPC 0000800500000000Coal Ball - PeelPartialContains Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 and other taxa; source of fig. 10
4011A 1AOMNHOPC 0000800500030130Microscope SlideYesContains Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 and other taxa; source of fig. 10
4011 B4OMNHOPC 0000800500000000Coal Ball - PeelPartialContains Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 and other taxa; source of fig. 11
4011 B4OMNHOPC 0000800500030132Microscope SlideYesContains Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 and other taxa; source of fig. 11
4387OMNHOPC 0000800500000000Coal Ball - EntireEpitypePartialContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 and other taxa; source of fig. 2 and 9; at least partially processed into additional specimens
4387A S5OMNHOPC 0000800500000000Coal Ball - PeelEpitypePartialContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 and other taxa; source of fig. 2
4387A S5OMNHOPC 0000800500030191Microscope SlideEpitypeYesContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 and other taxa; source of fig. 2
4387B(2) T3OMNHOPC 0000800500000000Coal Ball - PeelEpitypePartialContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 and other taxa; source of fig. 9
4387B(2) T3OMNHOPC 0000800500030193Microscope SlideEpitypeYesContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 and other taxa; source of fig. 9
Not SpecifiedOMNH?OPC 0000802300000000Coal Ball - EntireNoContains Spencerites sp. cf. S. majusculus Scott 1898 and other taxa
745OMNHOPC 0000800000000000Coal Ball - EntireEpitypePartialContains Spencerites nov. sp. Leisman 1962 nom. nudem; Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 valid name in later publication; revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other specimens; at least partially processed into additional specimens
2160OMNHOPC 0000802000000000Coal Ball - EntireEpitypePartialContains Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 in earlier publication; before revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other specimens; at least partially processed into additional specimens
Coal Ball No. 20KUPBNone, but same location as OPC 00008000NoneCoal Ball - EntireHolotypeNoContains Lepidodendron moorei Cridland 1960 that was revised to Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 in an earlier publication before revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other taxa;
Coal Ball No. 826KUPBNone, but same location as OPC 00008000NoneCoal Ball - EntireParatypeNoContains Lepidodendron moorei Cridland 1960 that was revised to Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 in an earlier publication before revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other taxa;
Coal Ball No. 831KUPBNone, but same location as OPC 00008000NoneCoal Ball - EntireParatypeNoContains Lepidodendron moorei Cridland 1960 that was revised to Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 in an earlier publication before revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other taxa;
Coal Ball No. 1020KUPBNone, but same location as OPC 00008000NoneCoal Ball - EntireParatypeNoContains Lepidodendron moorei Cridland 1960 that was revised to Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 in an earlier publication before revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other taxa;
Coal Ball No. 1078KUPBNone, but same location as OPC 00008000NoneCoal Ball - EntireParatypeNoContains Lepidodendron moorei Cridland 1960 that was revised to Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 in an earlier publication before revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other taxa;
Cridland's Coal Ball No. 1043WUSTLNone, but same location as OPC 00008000NoneCoal Ball - EntireParatypeNoContains Lepidodendron moorei Cridland 1960 that was revised to Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman emend. 1962 in an earlier publication before revised as Spencerites moorei (Cridland 1960) Leisman and Stidd emend. 1967 in this publication and other taxa; at least partially processed into additional specimens