User:Paracrinozoa/Paleozoic Appalachian Paleoflora

Carboniferous plant faunas of West Virginia
Brief intro into how WV has a rich geo and paleo history. Then maybe bring up the people who youre referencing in the below quote:

"The upper limit of Pennsylvanian deposits, unlike the lower one, is not well defined except in areas that lack beds of recognized Permian age. The discovery of Callipteris and other plants regarded as indicative of Autunian or Rotliegend age (Cisuralian and Guadalupian) in the Dunkard, extending down nearly to the base of this division, led David White and others to the conclusion that the "Upper Barren Coal Measures" should be excluded from the Pennsylvanian and assigned to the Lower Permian."

Call this something like Bibliography of WV fossil plant lit
WV, OH, PA System (Plant faunas after Read, 1947)
 * Lower Dunkard Group (upper Pennsylvanian)
 * Monongahela Formation (upper Penn.) (Danaeites in upper/Lescuropteris in lower)
 * Conemaugh Group (upper Penn.) (Lescuropteris in upper Conemaugh)
 * Allegheny Formation (middle Penn.) (Neuropteris flexuosa and Pecopteris spp. in upper/Neuropteris rarinervis in lower)
 * Kanawha Formation (middle Penn.) (Neuropteris tenuifolia in major portion/Cannophyllites at base)
 * Donaldson et al. (1985); Martino (1996), Map - Fig 1., Strat - Fig. 2
 * Lee Fm/New River Formation (lower Penn.) (Mariopteris pygmaea, Neuropteris tennesseeana, Ovopteris communis, Alloiopteris inaequilateralis, and Alethopteris decurrens)
 * Pottsville Formation/lower New River Formation (Mariopteris pottsvillea and Aneimites spp.)
 * Lower Pottsville Formation/Pocahontas Formation (lower Penn.) (Neuropteris pocahontas and Mariopteris eremopteroides)