Also known as Lepidopteris Zone
Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 1.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lepidopteris zone, Cape Stewart Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
• 75 m below top of plant bearing series
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, calcareous sandstone and lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: T. M. Harris. 1937. Stratigraphic relations of the plant beds. The Fossil Flora of Scoresby Sound, East Greenland [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23462: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 15.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ginkgoopsida | |
Hartzia tenuis Harris 1935 | |
Doratophyllum astartensis | |
Doratophyllum astartensis Harris 1932 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Pseudoctenis spectabilis cycads | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Neocalamites hoerensis Schimper 1908
"Equisetites muensteri" = Equisetum muensteri Sternberg 1833 horsetail | |
Anomozamites minor Nathorst 1878 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Furcula granulifer Harris 1932 |