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
unclassified | |
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Polypodiopsida | |
Phyllotheca australis Brongniart 1828 | |
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa Royle 1840 | |
Pteridopsida | |
"Sphenopteris lobifolia" = Neomariopteris lobifolia
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Equisetopsida | |
Arberiopsida | |
Lidgettonia inhluzanensis leaves, also lists 50 scale, 30 female fruit, 100 seed, 10 male fruit, 50 scale leaf specimens
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Insecta | |
aff. Aleuronympha bibulla Riek 1974 true bug | |
Mioloptera stuckenbergi Riek 1973 ice crawler | |
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Plumsteadia natalensis | |
"Plumsteadia natalensis" = Fetura natalensis
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