Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.0° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 66.5° S, 16.0° 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
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Reposited in the BPI
• collection was made by Du Plooy and Kitching 1956
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 20692: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Michele Reynolds on 03.06.2002, edited by Jason Cassara
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Calamites aliwalensis Anderson and Anderson 1985 | |
Peltaspermopsida | |
Lepidopteris brownii, "Lepidopteris madagascariensis" = Lepidopteris stormbergensis
"Lepidopteris madagascariensis" = Lepidopteris stormbergensis Seward 1903 | |
Cycadopsida | |
"Dicroidium hughesii" = Thinnfeldia hughesi
"Dicroidium hughesii" = Thinnfeldia hughesi Feistmantel 1882 cycads | |
Pseudoctenis brownii cycads | |
Gastropoda | |
Dilatata kitchingii snail |