Cyphergat (Cyp 111) (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.5° S, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 62.2° S, 7.8° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Molteno Formation (Karoo Basin Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; shale and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Primary reference: J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 1983. Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic). Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic) 1:1-227 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23131: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 10.07.2002, edited by Jered Karr and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• habitat described as "Dicroidium open woodland" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))
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unclassified
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Pteridophyta indet.1
Pteridophyta indet.1 Haeckel 1875
Pteridopsida
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"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida1
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida1 Ritgen 1828
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp.1
Equisetum sp.1 Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
unclassified
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Kannaskopifolia sp.1
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Heidiphyllum sp.1
Heidiphyllum sp.1 Retallack 1981
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Telemachus sp.1
Telemachus sp.1 Anderson 1978
Hepaticae
 Marchantiales - Marchantiaceae
Marchantites sp.1
Marchantites sp.1 Brongniart 1849 liverwort
Bryopsida
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Muscites sp.1
Muscites sp.1 Brongniart 1828
Gymnospermopsida
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Gymnospermopsida indet.1
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium sp.1, Fanerotheca sp.1, Umkomasia sp.1
Dicroidium sp.1 Gothan 1912
Fanerotheca sp.1 Frenguelli 1944
Umkomasia sp.1 Thomas 1933
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Stachyopitys sp.1
Stachyopitys sp.1 Schenk 1867
Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
Chiropteris sp.1
Chiropteris sp.1 Kurr 1845 cycads
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris sp.1
Taeniopteris sp.1 Brongniart 1828 cycads
Insecta
 Orthoptera - Haglidae
"Hagla contorta" = Afrohagla contorta3, Voliopus margueritae n. sp.2
"Hagla contorta" = Afrohagla contorta3 Riek 1974 hump-winged cricket
PRE/F 22343
Voliopus margueritae n. sp.2 Wappler 2001 hump-winged cricket
PRE/F 22342
 Reculida - Geinitziidae
Fletchitzia sp.2
Fletchitzia sp.2 Riek 1976 winged insect
1Anderson and Anderson 2000; 2Wappler 2001; 3Wappler 2001