(Lut 311) (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (30.7° S, 27.0° E: paleocoordinates 61.8° S, 6.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

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

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; shale and mudstone

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 23263: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 11.07.2002, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• habitat described as "Heidiphyllum thicket" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))
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unclassified
  -
Kannaskopifolia sp.1, Kannaskoppianthus sp.1, Eosteria sp.1, Luthanthus sp.1, Hamshawvia sp.1, Dordrechtites sp.1, Avatia sp.1
Bryopsida
  -
Muscites sp.1
Muscites sp.1 Brongniart 1828
Hepaticae
 Marchantiales - Marchantiaceae
Marchantites sp.1
Marchantites sp.1 Brongniart 1849 liverwort
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Yabeiella sp.1
Yabeiella sp.1 Oishi 1931
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Lepidopteris sp.1, Peltaspermum sp.1
Lepidopteris sp.1 Schimper 1869
Peltaspermum sp.1 Harris 1937
Gymnospermopsida
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Gymnospermopsida indet.1
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium sp.1, Fanerotheca sp.1
Dicroidium sp.1 Gothan 1912
Fanerotheca sp.1 Frenguelli 1944
 Coniferales -
Fraxinopsis sp.1
Fraxinopsis sp.1 Wieland 1929
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Heidiphyllum sp.1
Heidiphyllum sp.1 Retallack 1981
unclassified
  -
Pteridophyta indet.1
Pteridophyta indet.1 Haeckel 1875
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp.1
Equisetum sp.1 Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris sp.1
Taeniopteris sp.1 Brongniart 1828 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Stachyopitys sp.1
Stachyopitys sp.1 Schenk 1867
 Ginkgoales -
Sphenobaiera sp.1
Sphenobaiera sp.1 Florin 1936
Kurtziana
  -
Kurtziana sp.1
Kurtziana sp.1 Frenguelli 1942
Insecta
 Orthoptera - Haglidae
Haglidae indet.2
Haglidae indet.2 Handlirsch 1906 hump-winged cricket
 Orthoptera - Xenopteridae
Lutheria dewetii n. gen. n. sp.2
Lutheria dewetii n. gen. n. sp.2 Wappler 2001 grasshopper
PRE/F 10640
1Anderson and Anderson 2000; 2Wappler 2001