Nuwejaarspruit (Nuw 111) (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Free State, South Africa (30.5° S, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 61.7° S, 5.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Molteno Formation (Stormberg Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithology not reported

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 23095: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 09.07.2002, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• habitat described as "Dicroidium open woodland" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))
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unclassified
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Kannaskopifolia sp.1, Dordrechtites sp.1, Pteridophyta indet.1
Pteridophyta indet.1 Haeckel 1875
Pteridopsida
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"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida1
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida1 Ritgen 1828
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Sphenobaiera sp.1
Sphenobaiera sp.1 Florin 1936
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris sp.1
Taeniopteris sp.1 Brongniart 1828 cycads
Gymnospermopsida
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Gymnospermopsida indet.1
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium sp.1, Pteruchus sp.1, Umkomasia sp.1
Dicroidium sp.1 Gothan 1912
Pteruchus sp.1 Thomas 1933
Umkomasia sp.1 Thomas 1933
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Rissikia sp.1
Rissikia sp.1 Townrow 1967 podocarp
Insecta
 Reculida - Geinitziidae
Fletchitzia picturata2, "Fletchitzia aleda n. sp." = Shurabia aleda3
Fletchitzia picturata2 Riek 1976 winged insect
PRE/F 15689, 19264
"Fletchitzia aleda n. sp." = Shurabia aleda3 Wappler 2001 winged insect
PRE/F 19623
1Anderson and Anderson 2000; 2Wappler 2000; 3Wappler 2001