Miscell. non-specific (Aliwal North district) (Triassic to of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.0° S, 27.0° E: paleocoordinates 67.0° S, 15.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group), Spathian to Spathian (251.3 - 242.0 Ma)

• Upper Beaufort, Karoo Basin

Environment/lithology: fluvial; fine-grained, gray sandstone

• "extensive lowlying fluviatile plain; point bar, channel bar, levee" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))
• "light olive grey, fine sandstone, large-scale cross-bedding" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: collection was made by Brown (date unknown), it resides at the South African Museum (SAM) in Cape Town

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 20689: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 03.06.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Gregicaulis dubius
Gregicaulis dubius
17 stem, 4 female fruit, 1 seed
Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis "sp. A"
Cladophlebis "sp. A" Brongniart 1849
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Calamites aliwalensis
Calamites aliwalensis Anderson and Anderson 1985
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Asterotheca "sp. A"
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis brownii
 Pteridospermales -
"Dicroidium hughesii" = Thinnfeldia hughesi
"Dicroidium hughesii" = Thinnfeldia hughesi Feistmantel 1882 cycads
unclassified
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Tracheophyta indet.
Tracheophyta indet.
"Stem spp."
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Lepidopteris brownii, "Lepidopteris madagascariensis" = Lepidopteris stormbergensis
"Lepidopteris madagascariensis" = Lepidopteris stormbergensis Seward 1903