Port Alfred, Mental home (Devonian to of South Africa)

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

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Taxonomic list

Lycopsida
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Haplostigma
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae