Where: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (28.8° S, 29.7° E: paleocoordinates 65.5° S, 16.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Estcourt Formation (Beaufort Group), Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• Lower Beaufort, NE Karoo Basin
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the BPI
• collection made by Benecke, Anderson and Anderson 1969-71 (resides at BPI), and by van Dijk 1957-84 (resides at the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg (NMP))
Primary reference: J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 1985. Palaeoflora of Southern Africa. Prodromus of South African Megafloras Devonian to Lower Cretaceous 1-423 [P. Gensel/P. Gensel/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14338: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 31.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Arberiopsida | |
Glossopteris spp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Phyllotheca australis Brongniart 1828 | |
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa Royle 1840 |