Where: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (29.2° S, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 65.9° S, 17.2° 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
Collection methods: collection made by van Dijk 1957-84, it 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 14349: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 31.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Arberiopsida | |
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Plumsteadia natalensis | |
"Plumsteadia natalensis" = Fetura natalensis
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