Zamites R.: Late/Upper Triassic, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Neocalamites hoerensis
Schimper 1908
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetites grosphodon
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Bennettitales
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Pterophyllum xiphipterum
Harris 1932
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Pterophyllum schenki
Zeiller 1886
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Coniferales
- Palissyaceae
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Stachyotaxus elegans
Nathorst 1908
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Peltaspermopsida
- Peltaspermales
- Peltaspermaceae
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Lepidopteris ottonis
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Peltaspermopsida
- Peltaspermales
- Umkomasiaceae
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Ptilozamites nilssoni
(Nathorst 1878)
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| misspelling Ptilozamites nilssonii | |||||||
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unclassified
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Doratophyllum astartensis
Harris 1932
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 70.5° North, 22.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 1.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3-4 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Triassic | Zone: | Lepidopteris |
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cape Stewart | ||||
| Local section: | Zamites R. | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 80-90 m below the top of the plant bearing part of the Cape Stewart Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: lagoonal facies formed by disused parts of river channels where much finer sediments were deposited | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lepidopteris Zone | ||
| Database number: | 23448 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Rees | Enterer: | D. Sunderlin |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-07-15 09:38:17 | Last modified: | 2005-12-13 13:18:37 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2002-07-15 09:38:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6704. | PGAP | T. M. Harris. 1937. Stratigraphic relations of the plant beds. The Fossil Flora of Scoresby Sound, East Greenland [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin] |