PBDB Collection

Lidgetton (Lid 111) (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (29.5° S, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 67.0° S, 14.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Lower Beaufort

Environment/lithology: delta plain; carbonaceous shale

• "The layers containing the insect fossils and associated plant fossils are interpreted as having been produced by over-bank spill, while the overlying upward-coarsening sediments represent overriding distributaries which bury the bay deposits." Van Dijk & Geertsema, 1999

• "laminated carbonaceous shale" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BPI

• collection made by Benecke, Anderson and Anderson 1969-71 (resides at BPI), and by van Dijk 1957-84 (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 14357: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 01.06.2002, edited by Jason Cassara, Jered Karr and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• 150 insect, 14 conchostraca and 6 fish scale fossils also reported

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unclassified
-	Buthelezia mooiensis, Ottocariaceae indet. Buthelezia mooiensis moss Ottocariaceae indet. female fruit
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Phyllotheca australis Phyllotheca australis Brongniart 1828
Pteridopsida
Filicales -	"Sphenopteris lobifolia" = Neomariopteris lobifolia "Sphenopteris lobifolia" = Neomariopteris lobifolia Morris 1845
Arberiopsida
Arberiales -	Glossopteris symmetrifolia, Lidgettonia africana Glossopteris symmetrifolia Lidgettonia africana Thomas 1958 leaves, also lists 40 scale, 10 female fruit, 100 seed, 10 male fruit and 100 scale leaf specimens
Insecta
Reculida - Skaliciidae	Afrogrylloblattus disputabilis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Afrogrylloblattus disputabilis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Aristov and Mostovski 2013 winged insect NM 988
Hemiptera -	aff. Aleuronympha bibulla⁴ aff. Aleuronympha bibulla⁴ Riek 1974 true bug
Hemiptera - Prosbolidae	Permocicada thompsoni n. sp.⁴, Beaufortiscus dixi n. gen. n. sp.³ Permocicada thompsoni n. sp.⁴ van Dijk and Geertsema 1999 true bug NM 982 Beaufortiscus dixi n. gen. n. sp.³ Riek 1976 true bug NM 950ab, 928ab, 958ab; Holotype found by Owen Dix
Plecoptera - Euxenoperlidae	Euxenoperla oliveri n. sp.³ Euxenoperla oliveri n. sp.³ Riek 1976 stonefly NM 923ab
Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae	Liomopterites ulterior n. sp.¹ Liomopterites ulterior n. sp.¹ Aristov and Mostovski 2013 ice crawler NM 980
Coleoptera - Rhombocoleidae	Rhombocoleites danutae n. sp.² Rhombocoleites danutae n. sp.² Ponomarenko and Mostovski 2005 beetle NMSA 0999
Coleoptera - Taldycupedidae	"Taldycupes lidgettoniensis n. sp." = Afrotaldycupes lidgettoniensis² "Taldycupes lidgettoniensis n. sp." = Afrotaldycupes lidgettoniensis² Ponomarenko 2005 beetle NMSA 2505

¹Aristov and Mostovski 2013; ²Ponomarenko and Mostovski 2005; ³Riek 1976; ⁴van Dijk and Geertsema 1999