Rosewood Colliery: Middle Jurassic, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf Heer 1881
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris informal sp. 1 leaf Sternberg 1825
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Taeniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1828
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodites informal sp. 1 axis Brongniart 1822
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Coniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetites informal sp. 1 axis Sternberg 1833
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Queensland
Coordinates: 27.6° South, 152.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:67.6° South, 92.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3-5
*Period:Middle Jurassic
Key time interval:Middle Jurassic
Age range of interval:174.70000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Walloon Coal Measures
Stratigraphy comments: Coal seams #3 to #4. Dated as Middle Jurassic by palynoflora
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:List from p. 528. 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 819
Database number:29459
Authorizer:A. Rees Enterer:A. Rees
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:48 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8181.PGAP 559J. F. Rigby. 1978. Jurassic plant fossils from the Walloon Coal Measures at Rosewood Consolidated Colliery. Queensland Government Mining Journal 526-529 [A. Rees/A. Rees]