Kommern (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Eifel, Germany (50.3° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.6° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• "ol-an" (p. 291), but "Upper Buntsandstein" (p. 290). [Buntsandstein = Lower Triassic (i.e. Induan + Olenikian) according to Haq & Van Eysinga (1987)].

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 24735: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 19.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

• p. 291
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Schizoneura paradoxa Schimper and Mougeot 1844
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia heterophylla Brongniart 1828
Voltzia brevifolia Brongniart 1828
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
? Palissya sp. Endlicher 1847 yew
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales - Pleuromeiaceae