PBDB Collection

Little Switzerland (Lit 111) (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (28.6° S, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° S, 1.6° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Molteno Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "channel"; gray shale

• "abandoned channel" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))

• "medium dark grey, irregularly laminated shale" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 1983. Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic). Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic) 1:1-227 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23003: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 08.07.2002, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• habitat described as "Dicroidium riparian forest (mature)" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))

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unclassified
-	Jeanjacquesia sp.¹, Moltenia sp.¹, Dejerseya sp.¹, Paraginkgo sp.¹, Kannaskopifolia sp.¹, Halleyoctenis sp.¹, Jungites sp.¹, Switzianthus sp.¹, Helvetianthus sp.¹, Kannaskoppianthus sp.¹, Rissikistrobus sp.¹, Hamshawvia sp.¹, Dordrechtites sp.¹ Jeanjacquesia sp.¹ Moltenia sp.¹ Dejerseya sp.¹ Paraginkgo sp.¹ Kannaskopifolia sp.¹ Halleyoctenis sp.¹ Jungites sp.¹ Switzianthus sp.¹ Helvetianthus sp.¹ Kannaskoppianthus sp.¹ Rissikistrobus sp.¹ Hamshawvia sp.¹ Dordrechtites sp.¹
Insecta
Dicondylia - Triassoblattidae	Triassoblatta sp.² Triassoblatta sp.² Tillyard 1919 winged insect N-LSw 349
Dicondylia -	Blattodea indet.², Coleoptera indet.² Blattodea indet.² Latreille 1810 cockroach N-LSw 1006ab, 1005, 459 Coleoptera indet.² Linnaeus 1758 beetle N-LSw 344, 347
Hepaticae
Marchantiales - Marchantiaceae	Marchantites sp.¹ Marchantites sp.¹ Brongniart 1849 liverwort
Bryopsida
-	Muscites sp.¹ Muscites sp.¹ Brongniart 1828
Ginkgoites
-	Ginkgoites sp.¹ Ginkgoites sp.¹ Seward 1919
Ginkgoopsida
-	Linguifolium sp.¹ Linguifolium sp.¹ Arber 1913
Ginkgoales -	Sphenobaiera sp.¹ Sphenobaiera sp.¹ Florin 1936
Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae	Stachyopitys sp.¹ Stachyopitys sp.¹ Schenk 1867
Cycadopsida
Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae	Pseudoctenis sp.¹ Pseudoctenis sp.¹ Seward 1911 cycads
Cycadales -	Taeniopteris sp.¹ Taeniopteris sp.¹ Brongniart 1828 cycads
unclassified
-	Pteridophyta indet.¹ Pteridophyta indet.¹ Haeckel 1875
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Equisetum sp.¹ Equisetum sp.¹ Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Polypodiales - Polypodiidae	Saportaea sp.¹ Saportaea sp.¹ Fontaine and White 1880
Pteridopsida
-	"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida¹ "Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida¹ Ritgen 1828

Coniferales -	Fraxinopsis sp.¹ Fraxinopsis sp.¹ Wieland 1929
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae	Rissikia sp.¹ Rissikia sp.¹ Townrow 1967 podocarp
Bennettitales -	Weltrichia sp.¹ Weltrichia sp.¹ Braun 1843
Pinopsida
Pinales -	Heidiphyllum sp.¹ Heidiphyllum sp.¹ Retallack 1981
Peltaspermopsida
Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae	Lepidopteris sp.¹, Peltaspermum sp.¹, Antevsia sp.¹ Lepidopteris sp.¹ Schimper 1869 Peltaspermum sp.¹ Harris 1937 Antevsia sp.¹ Harris 1937
Cycadeoideopsida
Cycadeoideales -	Yabeiella sp.¹ Yabeiella sp.¹ Oishi 1931
Gnetopsida
-	Gontriglossa sp.¹ Gontriglossa sp.¹ Anderson and Anderson 1989
Gymnospermopsida
-	Gymnospermopsida indet.¹ Gymnospermopsida indet.¹
Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae	Pteruchus sp.¹, Fanerotheca sp.¹, Dicroidium sp.¹, Umkomasia sp.¹ Pteruchus sp.¹ Thomas 1933 Fanerotheca sp.¹ Frenguelli 1944 Dicroidium sp.¹ Gothan 1912 Umkomasia sp.¹ Thomas 1933

¹Anderson and Anderson 2000; ²Riek 1974