Where: Colorado (39.2° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 32.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Permian to Permian (298.9 - 252.2 Ma)
• Early/Lower call based on correlation to Rothleigende. There is mention of Triassic insects from this horizon in the paper, hence the youngest call is listed as Triassic.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• This collection was studied by Lesquereux, and is thought to be higher in section than Fairplay2
Primary reference: D. White. 1912. The characters of the fossil plant Gigantopteris Schenk and its occurrence in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41:493-516 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/A. McGowan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11167: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Heather Lindon
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ullmannia | |
Ullmannia sp. Göppert 1850 | |
Voltziopsida | |
Voltzia sp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Peltaspermopsida | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucarites sp. Presl 1833 | |
Walchia | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Poacordaites | |
Poacordaites sp. Grand'Eury 1877 | |
Pteropsida | |
Sigillariostrobus | |