Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (33.3° S, 26.5° E: paleocoordinates 70.7° S, 179.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Witpoort Sandstone Formation (Witteberg Group), Middle Devonian to Middle Devonian (393.3 - 358.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; micaceous, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: collection was made by Anderson and Anderson 1982, it resides at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria
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 20724: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 05.06.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Howisonia | |
Platyphyllum | |
"Platyphyllum albanense" = Flabellofolium
"Platyphyllum albanense" = Flabellofolium | |
Rhyniaceae | |
Progymnospermopsida | |
Rhyniopsida | |