Samchok Coalfield (Permian to of South Korea)

Also known as PGAP 13142

Where: South Korea (37.2° N, 129.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 103.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tosagok Formation, Wordian to Wordian (268.8 - 259.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: 1940 list of Shiraki, specific diversity not given in Lee

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 30268: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 99. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Shirakia
  -
Shirakia "sp. 1" Kawasaki 1934
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Neuropteridium "sp. 1" Schimper 1879
Pecopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822
Desmopteris
  -
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites "sp. 1" Unger 1850
 Gigantopteridales - Gigantopteridaceae
Sphenopsida
  -
Lobatannularia "sp. 1" Kawasaki 1927
Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
Chiropteris "sp. 1" Kurr 1845 cycads
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Glossozamites "sp. 1" Schimper 1870 cycads
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Plagiozamites
  -
Plagiozamites "sp. 1" Zeiller 1894
Tingia
  -
Tingia "sp. 1" Halle 1925