Where: Thuringer Senke, Germany (51.5° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 22.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)
• "ol-an" (p. 289), but "Buntsandstein" (p. 289) and "Bausandstein" (Chart 1, p. 24) [= Lower Buntsandstein. Buntsandstein = Lower Triassic (i.e. Induan + Olenikian) according to Haq & Van Eysinga (1987)]. Note, though, that "There are no fossil plants or other palaeontological remains in the LOWERMOST Lower Triassic of the German Basin" (p. 32).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. A. Dobruskina. 1994. Triassic Floras of Eurasia. Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Kommissionen. H. Zapfe (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, New York. 10:1-422 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details
PaleoDB collection 24706: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 18.08.2002
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Taxonomic list
Lycopodiopsida | |
Pleuromeia sternbergii Corda 1852 clubmoss |