Birds River (Bir 311) (Triassic of South Africa)
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.5° S, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 3.2° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Molteno Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, yellow shale
• "transient lake in back swamp" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))
• "yellowish grey, very well 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 23144: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 10.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• habitat described as "Sphenobaiera closed woodland" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))
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unclassified | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Sphenobaiera sp. Florin 1936 | |
Stachyopitys sp. Schenk 1867 | |
Ginkgoites | |
Ginkgoites sp. Seward 1919 | |
Gymnospermopsida | |
Dicroidium sp. Gothan 1912
Fanerotheca sp. Frenguelli 1944
Pteruchus sp. Thomas 1933
Umkomasia sp. Thomas 1933 | |
Fraxinopsis sp. Wieland 1929 | |
Pinopsida | |
Heidiphyllum sp. Retallack 1981 |