Greenvale (Gre 111) a (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.5° S, 27.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° S, 3.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; gray shale

• "shallow water, back swamp area of flood plain" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))
• "medium 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 23266: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 11.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• habitat described as "Equisetum marsh" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))
unclassified
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Gymnospermopsida
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 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium sp. Gothan 1912
Fanerotheca sp. Frenguelli 1944
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Yabeiella sp. Oishi 1931
 Coniferales -
Fraxinopsis sp. Wieland 1929
unclassified
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Pteridophyta indet. Haeckel 1875
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Pteridopsida
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"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida Ritgen 1828
Bryopsida
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Muscites sp. Brongniart 1828
Ginkgoites
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Ginkgoites sp. Seward 1919