Kowon Coalfield (Permian of North Korea)

Also known as PGAP 13132

Where: North Korea (39.4° N, 126.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 96.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lower Member (Lower Coal-bearing Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Species diversity not given

Primary reference: D.S. Lee. 1988. Geology of Korea. Kyohak-Sa Publishing Company, Seoul, South Korea 1-514 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30251: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 141. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Neuropteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Mariopteris "sp. 1" Zeiller 1879
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Odontopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1825
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Annularia "sp. 1" Sternberg 1821
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822
Callipteridium
  -
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites "sp. 1" Unger 1850
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron "sp. 1" Sternberg 1820
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Stigmaria
  -
Stigmaria "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822