Yungang: Early/Lower Jurassic, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf Heer 1881
Cycadeoideopsida - Cycadeoideales
Conites informal sp. 1 Sternberg 1823
unclassified
Selaginellites informal sp. 1 axis Zeiller 1906
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 2 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 3 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 4 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 5 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 6 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 7 leaf Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Coniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1849
Coniopteris informal sp. 2 leaf Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Dipteridaceae
Hausmannia informal sp. 1 leaf Dunker 1846
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Neocalamites informal sp. 1 axis Halle 1908
unclassified
Spiropteris informal sp. 1 leaf Schimper 1869
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Nilssonia informal sp. 1 leaf (Brongniart 1825)
misspelling Nilsonia
Nilssonia informal sp. 2 leaf (Brongniart 1825)
misspelling Nilsonia
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Baiera informal sp. 1 leaf Braun 1843
Baiera informal sp. 2 leaf Braun 1843
Ginkgoopsida - Czekanowskiales
Phoenicopsis informal sp. 1 leaf Heer 1876
Phoenicopsis informal sp. 2 leaf Heer 1876
unclassified
Ginkgoites informal sp. 1 leaf Seward 1919
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus informal sp. 1 leaf Halle 1913
Elatocladus informal sp. 2 leaf Halle 1913
Podozamites informal sp. 1 leaf Braun 1843
Coniferales
Stenorachis informal sp. 1 leaf (Andrews 1970)
original and current combination Stenorhachis
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Taxites informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1828
Elatides informal sp. 1 leaf Heer 1876
Elatides informal sp. 2 leaf Heer 1876
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shanxi
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 113.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.4° North, 121.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
*Period:Early/Lower Jurassic
Key time interval:Early/Lower Jurassic
Age range of interval:201.30000 - 174.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Datong
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
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 252
Database number:29752
Authorizer:A. Rees Enterer:A. Rees
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:50 Last modified:2003-04-04 14:34:36
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8300.PGAP 78Shanxi Stratigraphic Group. 1979. The Stratigraphic Tables of Shanxi. Geology Press 1-287 [A. Rees/A. Rees]