Morro Papaleo (Permian of Brazil)

Also known as PGAP 11020

Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (30.3° S, 51.5° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 37.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Itarare Group, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Cazzulo-Klepzig and M. Guerra-Sommer. 1983. Relationship between the Taphoflora of the Itarare Group, Parana basin, Southern Brazil and the Permo-Carboniferous boundary. Dixieme Congres International de Stratigraphie et Geologie du Carbonifere, Madrid, Espanha, Compte Rendu 4:395-402 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29480: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 399. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
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Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca "sp. 1"
Phyllotheca "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Nephropsis "sp. 1"
Nephropsis "sp. 1" Zalessky 1912
Cornucarpus
  -
Cornucarpus "sp. 1"
 Coniferales -
Samaropsis "sp. 1", Buriadia "sp. 1"
Samaropsis "sp. 1" Göppert 1864
Buriadia "sp. 1" Seward and Sahni 1920
Dictyopteridiopsida
  -
Gangamopteris "sp. 1", Gangamopteris "sp. 2", Gangamopteris "sp. 3", Gangamopteris "sp. 4"
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
"Glossopteris "sp. 1"" = Glossopteris, "Glossopteris "sp. 2"" = Glossopteris, "Rubidgea "sp. 1"" = Glossopteris, "Rubidgea "sp. 2"" = Glossopteris
"Glossopteris "sp. 1"" = Glossopteris Brongniart 1828
"Glossopteris "sp. 2"" = Glossopteris Brongniart 1828
"Rubidgea "sp. 1"" = Glossopteris Brongniart 1828
"Rubidgea "sp. 2"" = Glossopteris Brongniart 1828
Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
Chiropteris "sp. 1", Chiropteris "sp. 2"
Chiropteris "sp. 1" Kurr 1845 cycads
Chiropteris "sp. 2" Kurr 1845 cycads
Sphenopsida
  -
Paracalamites "sp. 1"
Paracalamites "sp. 1" Zalessky 1927
Ginkgophyllum
  -
Ginkgophyllum "sp. 1"
Ginkgophyllum "sp. 1" Saporta 1875
Bacillariophyceae
 Naviculales - Pinnulariaceae
Pinnularia "sp. 1"
Pinnularia "sp. 1" Ehrenberg 1843 diatom