Kommandantskop (Kom 111) (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.1° S, 26.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 3.3° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Molteno Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 23322: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 11.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

• habitat described as "Fern/Kannaskoppia meadow" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))
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unclassified
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Kannaskopifolia sp., Kannaskoppianthus sp.
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Sphenobaiera sp.
Sphenobaiera sp. Florin 1936
Hepaticae
 Marchantiales - Marchantiaceae
Marchantites sp.
Marchantites sp. Brongniart 1849 liverwort
Gymnospermopsida
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Gymnospermopsida indet.
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Fanerotheca sp., Dicroidium sp.
Fanerotheca sp. Frenguelli 1944
Dicroidium sp. Gothan 1912
unclassified
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Pteridophyta indet.
Pteridophyta indet. Haeckel 1875
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp.
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Pteridopsida
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"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida Ritgen 1828