Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (33.7° S, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 70.2° S, 179.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Weltevrede Formation (Witteberg Group), Middle Devonian to Middle Devonian (393.3 - 358.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: collection was made by Schwarz 1895-1905, it resides at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown (AMG)
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 14340: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 31.05.2002, edited by Alycia Stigall
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lycopsida | |
Haplostigma | |
Rhynchonellata | |