Helong (Jurassic of China)

Also known as PGAP 160

Where: Jilin, China (42.5° N, 129.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 132.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Jingouling Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Bur. of Geol. and Min. Resources of Jilin. 1989. Regional Geology of Jilin Province. People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Memoirs 1(10):1-698 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29583: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
 Coniferales -
"Stenorachis "sp. 1"" = Stenorhachis
"Stenorachis "sp. 1"" = Stenorhachis Saporta 1879
 Bennettitales -
Anomozamites "sp. 1" Schimper 1870
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Neozamites
  -
Neozamites "sp. 1" Vakhrameev 1962
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis "sp. 1" Lindley and Hutton 1834
Dryopteris "sp. 1" Adanson 1763
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1", "Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Pityocladus
  -
Pityocladus "sp. 1" Seward 1919
Ginkgoites
  -
Ginkgoites "sp. 1" Seward 1919
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae