Waikato Heads (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as PGAP 495

Where: New Zealand (37.4° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 77.5° S, 59.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

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 30356: 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.
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Palissya "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847 yew
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 2" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 3" Halle 1913 podocarp
Podozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843 podocarp
 Coniferales -
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1" Lesquereux 1878
 Bennettitales -
"Osmundites "sp. 1"" = Pterophyllum
"Osmundites "sp. 1"" = Pterophyllum Brongniart 1828
Angiospermae
  -
Carpolithus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1768
 Rosids - Moraceae
Artocarpidium "sp. 1" Unger 1851 mulberry
Phyllites
  -
Phyllites "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1", "Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847
Araucarites "sp. 1" Presl 1833
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 4" Brongniart 1849
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern