Mooi River - far end (quarry) (Moo 212) (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (29.2° S, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 66.7° S, 14.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Estcourt Formation (Beaufort Group), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Lower Beaufort

Environment/lithology: delta plain; fine-grained mudstone

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 14350: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 31.05.2002, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 5 insects and 2 conchostraca fossils also reported
unclassified
  -
Rigbya arberioides
leaves, also lists 1 female fruit specimen
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca australis Brongniart 1828
 Equisetidae - Equisetidae
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa Royle 1840
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
"Sphenopteris lobifolia" = Neomariopteris lobifolia
"Sphenopteris lobifolia" = Neomariopteris lobifolia Morris 1845
5 sterile and 3 fertile specimens
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Plumsteadia gibbosa
leaves, also lists 8 female fruit specimens
Lidgettonia inhluzanensis
leaves, also lists 50 scale, 30 female fruit, 100 seed, 10 male fruit, 50 scale leaf specimens
Insecta
 Hemiptera -
aff. Aleuronympha bibulla Riek 1974 true bug
 Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae
Mioloptera stuckenbergi Riek 1973 ice crawler
 Dicondylia - Permaeschnidae
? Permaeschnidae indet. Martynov 1931 winged insect
NM 2519 ab
Plumsteadia natalensis
  -
"Plumsteadia natalensis" = Fetura natalensis
"Plumsteadia natalensis" = Fetura natalensis Lacey et al. 1975
female fruit