Where: Lesotho (29.6° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° S, 1.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Molteno Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, J. Fabre in 1955, 1956; reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: J. Fabre and C. Greber. 1960. Présence d'un Dictyophyllum dans la flore molteno du Basutoland (Afrique australe). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e Série 2:178-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208639: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gymnospermopsida | |
Dicroidium lancifolia, "Dicroidium (Thinnfeldia) feistmanteli" = Dicroidium feistmantelii, Dicroidium odontopteroides, "Stenopteris densifolia" = Xylopteris rigida
"Dicroidium (Thinnfeldia) feistmanteli" = Dicroidium feistmantelii Johnston 1847
Dicroidium odontopteroides Morris 1845
"Stenopteris densifolia" = Xylopteris rigida Dun 1909 | |
| Peltaspermopsida | |
"Stenopteris elongata" = Rhaphidopteris
"Stenopteris elongata" = Rhaphidopteris | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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cf. Coniopteris delicatula scaly tree fern | |
Dictyophyllum ellenbergi n. sp.
Dictyophyllum ellenbergi n. sp. Fabre and Greber 1960 | |
| Ginkgoites | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Taeniopteris carrutheri cycads | |
| Insecta | |
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cf. Cladophlebia goeppertiana winged insect | |