PBDB Collection

Veneto (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.0° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• 'Pliensbachian' estimated from the "Upper Middle Lias" age assignment in the text

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Wesley. 1966. The fossil flora of the Grey Limestones of Veneto, Northern Italy, and its relationships to the other European floras of similar age. The Palaeobotanist 14:124-130 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24564: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 09.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• From Wesley (1966, p. 128): "Summarizing the composition of the flora as a whole then we see that it is dominated by a variety of Bennettitales, with small-leaved conifers and plants with large, coriaceous leaves forming other major elements. Very much less strongly represented are the Caytoniales and the pteridophytes, while the evidence for the presence of ginkgophytes is very debatable. In addition, there are two unusual genera, Phyllotheca and Yuccites."

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Gymnospermopsida
Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae	Cycadopteris heterophylla, Cycadopteris brauniana Cycadopteris heterophylla Cycadopteris brauniana Zigno 1861
Equisetopsida
Pinidae - Pinidae	Pagiophyllum spp. ('7 species'), Brachyphyllum spp. ('5 species') Pagiophyllum spp. ('7 species') Heer 1881 Brachyphyllum spp. ('5 species') Brongniart 1828
Yuccites
-	Yuccites schimperianus Yuccites schimperianus
Neuropteridae
- Neuropteridae	Cyclopteris minor Cyclopteris minor
Trevisania furcellata
-	Trevisania furcellata Trevisania furcellata Zigno 1856

Bennettitales -	Otozamites bunburyanus, Otozamites feistmantelii, Otozamites massalongianus, Otozamites spp., Weltrichia sp., Ptilophyllum grandifolium, Ptilophyllum triangulare, ? Pterophyllum sp., cf. Pterophyllum platyrachis Otozamites bunburyanus Otozamites feistmantelii Otozamites massalongianus Otozamites spp. Braun 1843 Weltrichia sp. Braun 1843 Ptilophyllum grandifolium Ptilophyllum triangulare ? Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 cf. Pterophyllum platyrachis
Coniferales -	Dactylethrophyllum peristictum Dactylethrophyllum peristictum Wesley 1956
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae	cf. Elatocladus sp. cf. Elatocladus sp. Halle 1913 podocarp
Coniferales - Palissyaceae	Stachyotaxus sp. Stachyotaxus sp. Nathorst 1886
Polypodiopsida
Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae	Matonidium rotzoana, Phlebopteris polypodioides, "Protorhipis asarifolia" = Hausmannia (Protorhipis), Dictyophyllum sp. Matonidium rotzoana Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongniart 1836 "Protorhipis asarifolia" = Hausmannia (Protorhipis) Dictyophyllum sp. Lindley and Hutton 1834
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Equisetites bunburyanus, Equisetites veronensis, Phyllotheca brongniartiana Equisetites bunburyanus Equisetites veronensis Phyllotheca brongniartiana
- Gleicheniaceae	Gleichenites elegans Gleichenites elegans
Pteridopsida
Filicales -	Dichopteris sp., Dichopteris visianica Dichopteris sp. Zigno 1864 Dichopteris visianica Zigno 1864
Marzaria paroliniana
-	Marzaria paroliniana Marzaria paroliniana Zigno 1865
Sphenopteridae
- Sphenopteridae	Sphenopteris leckenbyi Sphenopteris leckenbyi
Ginkgoopsida
Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae	Sagenopteris nilssoniana Sagenopteris nilssoniana Brongniart 1825
Caytoniales -	Pseudosagenopteris angustifolia Pseudosagenopteris angustifolia
Cycadopsida
Cycadales - Cycadaceae	Sphenozamites rossii, Sphenozamites sp. Sphenozamites rossii cycads Sphenozamites sp. Brongniart 1849 cycads