Where: Santo Tirso, Portugal (41.3° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 7.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• Assemblage is either Westphalian B or C, although an early Westphalian D cannot be regarded as impossible. In view of the occurance of Linopteris florini, it may be considered unlikely that Westphalian B is represented. A Westphalian C is regarded as most probable.

Environment/lithology: gray mudstone

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. H. Wagner and M. J. Lemos de Sousa. 1982. A middle Westphalian flora from the Alvarelhos strip near the Serra de Bougado, Santo Tirso, North Portugal. Communicações dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal 68(2):257-266 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/J. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27720: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 28.12.2002

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