Waikato Heads (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as PGAP 495

Where: New Zealand (37.4° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 77.5° S, 59.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W.N. Edwards. 1934. Jurassic plants from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(13):81-109 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30356: 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
Dadoxylon "sp. 1", Araucarites "sp. 1"
Dadoxylon "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847
Araucarites "sp. 1" Presl 1833
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Palissya "sp. 1"
Palissya "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847 yew
 Bennettitales -
"Osmundites "sp. 1"" = Pterophyllum
"Osmundites "sp. 1"" = Pterophyllum Brongniart 1828
 Coniferales -
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1"
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1" Lesquereux 1878
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1", Elatocladus "sp. 2", Elatocladus "sp. 3", Podozamites "sp. 1"
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 2" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 3" Halle 1913 podocarp
Podozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Artocarpidium "sp. 1"
Artocarpidium "sp. 1" Unger 1851 mulberry
  -
Carpolithus "sp. 1"
Carpolithus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1768
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1", Cladophlebis "sp. 2", Cladophlebis "sp. 3", Cladophlebis "sp. 4"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 4" Brongniart 1849
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1", Coniopteris "sp. 2"
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1"
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
  - Gleicheniaceae
Microphyllopteris "sp. 1"
Phyllites
  -
Phyllites "sp. 1"
Phyllites "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia, Taeniopteris "sp. 1"
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads