Gaotouyao (Jurassic of China)

Also known as PGAP 220

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.3° N, 110.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 114.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Zhiluo Formation, Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 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 29573: 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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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1", Pagiophyllum "sp. 1"
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1"
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis "sp. 1", Pseudoctenis "sp. 2"
Pseudoctenis "sp. 1" Seward 1911 cycads
Pseudoctenis "sp. 2" Seward 1911 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris "sp. 1"
 Ginkgoales -
Sphenobaiera "sp. 1"
Ginkgoites
  -
Ginkgoites "sp. 1"
Ginkgoites "sp. 1" Seward 1919
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites "sp. 1", Pterophyllum "sp. 1", Pseudocycas "sp. 1"
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Pterophyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Pseudocycas "sp. 1" Nathorst 1907
 Coniferales -
Schizolepis "sp. 1", Desmiophyllum "sp. 1"
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1" Lesquereux 1878
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites "sp. 1", Podozamites "sp. 2"
Podozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843 podocarp
Podozamites "sp. 2" Braun 1843 podocarp
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Podocarpites "sp. 1"
Podocarpites "sp. 1" Andra 1855 yew
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1", Cladophlebis "sp. 2"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
  - Polypodiaceae
Clathropteris "sp. 1"
Clathropteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis "sp. 1", Ctenis "sp. 2"
Ctenis "sp. 1" Lindley and Hutton 1834
Ctenis "sp. 2" Lindley and Hutton 1834
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Alsophilites "sp. 1", Coniopteris "sp. 1", Coniopteris "sp. 2", Coniopteris "sp. 3"
Alsophilites "sp. 1" Hirmer 1927 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern