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... Coal balls occur in many coals, mostly in the upper Carboniferous. Coal balls, miospores, and compression fossils have been studied from across the ancient Euramerican paleocontinent largely as a consequence of their exposure during coal mining and because of their relevance to coal geology as well as paleobotany.
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  • late carboniferous
  • upper carboniferous
  • coal balls
  • coal geology
  • late paleozoic

  • species turnover
  • coal seams
  • intraswamp habitats
  • time scale
  • fossil record

  • coal seam
  • time intervals
  • community dynamics


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