Ottaba (Triassic of Australia)

Also known as University of Queensland Loc. 4110

Where: Queensland, Australia (27.1° S, 152.4° E: paleocoordinates 55.7° S, 136.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Esk Formation, Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. A. Webb

Primary reference: W. B. K. Holmes. 1987. New corystosperm ovulate fructifications from the Middle Triassic of eastern Australia. Alcheringa 11(2):165-173 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207739: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 28.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Umkomasia polycarpa n. sp. Holmes 1987
UQF73298 (holotype)