Elandspruit (Ela 111) (Triassic of South Africa)
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (30.9° S, 26.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 3.0° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Molteno Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology:
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 23132: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 10.07.2002
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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Pteridophyta indet. Haeckel 1875 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida Ritgen 1828 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Sphenobaiera sp. Florin 1936 | |
| Ginkgoites | |
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Ginkgoites sp. Seward 1919 | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Taeniopteris sp. Brongniart 1828 cycads | |
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Pseudoctenis sp. Seward 1911 cycads | |
| Cycadeoideopsida | |
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Yabeiella sp. Oishi 1931 | |
| Peltaspermopsida | |
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Lepidopteris sp. Schimper 1869
Peltaspermum sp. Harris 1937 | |
| Gymnospermopsida | |
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Dicroidium sp. Gothan 1912
Fanerotheca sp. Frenguelli 1944
Pteruchus sp. Thomas 1933
Umkomasia sp. Thomas 1933 | |
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Cycadolepis sp. Saporta 1875 | |
| Voltziopsida | |
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Telemachus sp. Anderson 1978 | |
| Pinopsida | |
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Heidiphyllum sp. Retallack 1981 | |