Flor of Loc. 1705 of the Branosera Formation (Carboniferous of Spain)

Where: Palencia, Spain (42.0° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° S, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: silty mudstone

• Marine, silty mudstone in teh upper part of the Branosera Formation (Loc. 1705)

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Various brachiopods also present in collection.

Primary reference: R. H. Wagner and C.F. Winkler Prins. 1970. The stratigraphic succession, flora, and fauna of Cantabrian and Stephanian A rocks at Barruelo (prov. Palencia), N.W. Spain. Colloque sur la Stratigraphie du Carbonifère 55:487-551 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/J. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27807: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 11.01.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Neuropteridae
  - Neuropteridae
 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Reticulopteris
  -
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites sp. Unger 1850
Callipteridium
  -
Ginkgoopsida
 Callistophytales -
Dicksonites pluckeneti Schlotheim 1881
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris sp. Brongniart 1828 cycads
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae