Loskop (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (28.8° S, 29.7° E: paleocoordinates 66.2° S, 13.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daptocephalus other zone, Beaufort Group, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Lower Beaufort

Environment/lithology: delta plain; shale

• "The layers containing the insect fossils and associated plant fossils are interpreted as having been produced by over-bank spill, while the overlying upward-coarsening sediments represent overriding distributaries which bury the bay deposits." Van Dijk & Geertsema, 1999

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BPI

Primary reference: E. F. Riek. 1973. Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):513-532 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39077: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 19.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Eoscartarellidae
? Eoscartarellidae indet.
? Eoscartarellidae indet. Evans froghopper
N-LK 505ab
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp.
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca sp.
Phyllotheca sp. Brongniart 1828
"ribbed stems"
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
Noeggerathiopsis sp.
Noeggerathiopsis sp. Feistmantel 1879
"scale leaves"
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris sp., Vertebraria sp., Dictyopteridium sporiferum, Dictyopteridium flabellatum n. sp., Scopus obscurus n. sp., Scopus confertus n. sp., Scopus gibbosus n. gen. n. sp., Scopus didiscus n. sp.
Glossopteris sp. Brongniart 1828
"diverse seeds," "diverse fructifications," "wood"
Vertebraria sp. Royle 1839
Dictyopteridium sporiferum Feistmantel 1881
Dictyopteridium flabellatum n. sp. Benecke 1976
Scopus obscurus n. sp. Benecke 1976
Scopus confertus n. sp. Benecke 1976
Scopus gibbosus n. gen. n. sp. Benecke 1976
Scopus didiscus n. sp. Benecke 1976
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum sp.
Sphenophyllum sp. König 1825