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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pteropsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetum mougeotii horsetail
Schizoneura paradoxa Schimper and Mougeot 1844 | |
Voltziopsida | |
Voltzia heterophylla Brongniart 1828
Voltzia brevifolia Brongniart 1828 | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinites ramosus yew
? Palissya sp. Endlicher 1847 yew | |
Cycadopsida | |
Taeniopteris ambiqua cycads | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Pleuromeia oculina clubmoss |