Table 2 Palynology of selected coal samples in which Botryococcus is common or abundant. Numbers are 

 percentage of species in the assemblage, and X indicates species is present in maceration but was not observed 

 during abundance count. 





Mariah 

 Hill 

 2205 



Tarter 

 2066 



Delwood 



Lewisport 

 2180A 



Lower 

 Delwood 



2837A* 



Upper 

 Delwood 



Spore taxa 



1893B 



1061 



2837B 



Deltoidospora levis 

 D. priddyi 



Punctatisporites flavus 

 P. minutus 



X 





X 

 2.0 



X 



X 

 X 



0.5 



0.5 



Calamospora breviradiata 

 C. hartungiana 

 C. straminea 



1.5 



1.0 

 0.5 



X 





1.5 

 X 



0.5 



1.5 



Granulatisporites adnatoides 



G. granulans 



G. granulatus 



G. pallidus 



G. verrucosus 



G. spp. 





1.5 

 0.5 



0.5 





0.5 



X 



1.0 

 1.0 



0.5 

 1.0 



Cyclogranisporites aureus 

 C. microgranus 

 C. minutus 



0.5 



X 



3.0 



X 

 X 



X 



X 



0.5 



X 



0.5 

 0.5 

 X 



0.5 



Verrucosisporites microtuberosus 



V. sifati 



V. verrucosus 



V. cf. verrucosus 



V. spp. 



1.5 

 X 

 0.5 

 X 



X 

 X 



X 





X 

 X 





X 



Kewaneesporites patulus 











X 







Lophotriletes commissuralis 



L. copiosus 



L. microsaetosus 





1.5 

 0.5 







X 

 X 



1.0 





L. mosaicus 



L. pseudaculeatus 



L. rarispinosus 







X 



0.5 





X 







Anapiculatisporites minor 

 A. spinosus 



X 



X 







X 



0.5 







Apiculatasporitesspinososaetosis 

 A. spinulistratus 

 A. sp. 



X 



X 







0.5 



X 





Planisporites granifer 

 Pilosisporites sp. 

 Raistrickia breveminens 

 R. crocea 

 Spackmanites habibii 



X 



0.5 



X 

 0.5 

 X 

 X 



X 



1.0 



X 

 X 



X 





Convolutispora florida 

 C. sp. 



X 

 0.5 





X 











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