Waikawa (Jurassic to of New Zealand)

Also known as PGAP 493

Where: New Zealand (46.7° S, 169.2° E: paleocoordinates 78.3° S, 41.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• J2? by Edwards, 1934; Bajocian-Bathonian by McKellar & Speden, 1978

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W.N. Edwards. 1934. Jurassic plants from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(13):81-109 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30351: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 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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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Palissya "sp. 1"
Palissya "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847 yew
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1", Elatocladus "sp. 2", Podozamites "sp. 1", Mesembrioxylon "sp. 1"
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 2" Halle 1913 podocarp
Podozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843 podocarp
Mesembrioxylon "sp. 1" Seward 1919 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
"Osmundites "sp. 1"" = Pterophyllum, "Osmundites "sp. 2"" = Pterophyllum, Ptilophyllum "sp. 1", Otozamites "sp. 1"
"Osmundites "sp. 1"" = Pterophyllum Brongniart 1828
"Osmundites "sp. 2"" = Pterophyllum Brongniart 1828
Ptilophyllum "sp. 1" Morris 1840
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Angiospermae
  -
Carpolithus "sp. 1"
Carpolithus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1768
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodites "sp. 1"
Lycopodites "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822 clubmoss
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1", Taeniopteris "sp. 2", "Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Taeniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia "sp. 1"
Thinnfeldia "sp. 1" Ettingshausen 1852 cycads
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon "sp. 1", Araucarites "sp. 1"
Dadoxylon "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847
Araucarites "sp. 1" Presl 1833
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Microphyllopteris "sp. 1"
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1"
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1"
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Cycadites
  -
Cycadites "sp. 1"
Cycadites "sp. 1" Schenk 1864