Ishpushta: Middle Jurassic, Afghanistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bennettitales
Williamsonia informal sp. 1 Carruthers 1870
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dryopteridaceae
Ctenis informal sp. 1 leaf Lindley and Hutton 1834
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf Heer 1881
Schizeaceae
Klukia informal sp. 1 leaf Raciborski 1890
see common names

Geography
Country:Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 68.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.4° North, 75.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3-5
*Period:Middle Jurassic *Local age/stage:Dogger
Key time interval:Middle Jurassic
Age range of interval:174.70000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ishpushta
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: List compiled from Table 21, p. 198 of reference. Supercedes lists 1 and 2 compiled previously from PGAP references 55 and 56: those references were unclear wrt ages of the floras and cannot be used with confidence
Taxonomic list comments:Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Metadata
Also known as:PGAP 676
Database number:29338
Authorizer:A. Rees Enterer:A. Rees
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:47 Last modified:2003-04-04 14:34:36
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7994.PGAP 118R. Wolfart and H. Wittekindt. 1980. Geologie Von Afghanistan 1-500 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]