Gaotouyao (Jurassic of China)

Also known as PGAP 213

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.3° N, 110.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 117.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yanan Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Nei Monggol Stratigraphic Group. 1978. Regional stratigraphic table of northern China, Nei Monggol part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China 1-338 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29572: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
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Gnetopsida
  -
Pityophyllum "sp. 1"
Pityophyllum "sp. 1" Nathorst 1899
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1", "Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris "sp. 1"
 Czekanowskiales -
Phoenicopsis "sp. 1", Czekanowskia "sp. 1"
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1"
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Podocarpites "sp. 1"
Podocarpites "sp. 1" Andra 1855 yew
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
  - Polypodiaceae
Clathropteris "sp. 1"
Clathropteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cyathea "sp. 1", Coniopteris "sp. 1"
Cyathea "sp. 1" Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Annulariopsis "sp. 1"
Annulariopsis "sp. 1" Zeiller 1903
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Raphaelia "sp. 1"
Raphaelia "sp. 1" Debey and Ettingshausen 1859