Konings Kroon (Kon 222): Carnian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pteridophyta indet.
Haeckel 1875
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 8 individuals | ||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetum sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Pteridopsida
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Filicopsida indet.
Pfefferkorn 1976
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 1 %-individuals | ||||||||
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Hepaticae
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Thallites sp.
Walton 1925
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ginkgoales
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Sphenobaiera sp.
Florin 1936
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 10 individuals | ||||||||
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ginkgoales
- Ginkgoaceae
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Stachyopitys sp.
Schenk 1867
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 35 individuals | ||||||||
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unclassified
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Ginkgoites sp.
Seward 1919
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 13 individuals | ||||||||
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
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Taeniopteris sp.
Brongniart 1828
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
- Nilssoniaceae
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Pseudoctenis sp.
Seward 1911
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 3 %-individuals | ||||||||
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Cycadeoideopsida
- Cycadeoideales
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Yabeiella sp.
Oishi 1931
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 1 %-individuals | ||||||||
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Peltaspermopsida
- Peltaspermales
- Peltaspermaceae
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Antevsia sp.
Harris 1937
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Lepidopteris sp.
Schimper 1869
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 9 individuals | ||||||||
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Peltaspermum sp.
Harris 1937
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 24 individuals | ||||||||
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unclassified
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Fredlindia sp.
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
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Gymnospermopsida
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Gymnospermopsida indet.
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 14 individuals | ||||||||
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Gymnospermopsida
- Corystospermales
- Corystospermaceae
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Dicroidium sp.
Gothan 1912
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 87 individuals | ||||||||
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unclassified
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Halleyoctenis sp.
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 8 individuals | ||||||||
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Gymnospermopsida
- Corystospermales
- Corystospermaceae
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Fanerotheca sp.
Frenguelli 1944
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Pteruchus sp.
Thomas 1933
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 13 individuals | ||||||||
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Umkomasia sp.
Thomas 1933
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 22 individuals | ||||||||
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unclassified
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Rissikistrobus sp.
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Bennettitales
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Cycadolepis sp.
Saporta 1875
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 10 individuals | ||||||||
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Leguminanthus sp.
Kraeusel and Schaarschmidt 1966
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 5 individuals | ||||||||
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Weltrichia sp.
Braun 1843
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Rissikia sp.
Townrow 1967
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Anderson and Anderson 2000 | 9 individuals | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Moltenagrionidae
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Moltenagrion koningskroonensis n. gen., n. sp.
Deregnaucourt et al. 2019
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Deregnaucourt et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PRE/F/10334 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 31.5° South, 28.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.0° South, 5.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 227 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Molteno |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:habitat described as "Dicroidium open woodland" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625)) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 23086 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims, M. Clapham | Enterer: | H. Lindon, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleobotany,paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2002-07-09 08:38:04 | Last modified: | 2021-03-04 21:13:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-09 08:38:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6624. | J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 1983. Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic). Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic) 1:1-227 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon] |
Secondary references:
| 6625 | J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 2000. Table 35 Molteno vegetative genera, phytosociological table. [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Cassara] | |
| 75831 | I. Deregnaucourt, T. Wappler, J. M. Anderson and O. Béthoux. 2019. The wing venation of the Protomyrmeleontidae (Insecta: Odonatoptera) reconsidered thanks to a new specimen from Molteno (Triassic; South Africa). Historical Biology 33:306-312 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |