Pekinopteris/North Carolina (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Chatham County, North Carolina (35.5° N, 79.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 17.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pekin Formation (Chatham Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: mechanical,

• subset of Hope and Patterson (1969)

Primary reference: R. C. Hope and O. F. Patterson III. 1970. Pekinopteris auriculata: a new plant from the North Carolina Triassic. Journal of Paleontology 44:1137-1139 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24601: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 11.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pekinopteris auriculata n. gen. n. sp.
Pekinopteris auriculata n. gen. n. sp.
Lonchopteris
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Lonchopteris sp.
Lonchopteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis sp.
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Phlebopteris sp.
Phlebopteris sp. Brongniart 1836
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sp., Williamsonia sp., Otozamites sp.
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Williamsonia sp. Carruthers 1870
Otozamites sp. Braun 1843
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis sp.
Pseudoctenis sp. Seward 1911 cycads