Dancheng: Capitanian - Wuchiapingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rhipidopsis informal sp. 1 leaf
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron informal sp. 1 axis
Gigantopteridales
Gigantonoclea informal sp. 1 leaf
Gigantonoclea informal sp. 2 leaf
Gigantopteridales - Gigantopteridaceae
Gigantopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Sphenopsida
Lobatannularia informal sp. 1 leaf
Lobatannularia informal sp. 2 leaf
Lobatannularia informal sp. 3 leaf
Cycadopsida - Trigonocarpales - Alethopteridaceae
Compsopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
unclassified
Fascipteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Fascipteris informal sp. 2 leaf
Fascipteris informal sp. 3 leaf
Cycadopsida - Pteridospermales
Chiropteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Taeniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Taeniopteris informal sp. 2 leaf
Pteropsida
Pecopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Pecopteris informal sp. 2 leaf
Neuropteridium informal sp. 1 leaf
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Phyllothecaceae
Phyllotheca informal sp. 1 axis
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales
Annularia informal sp. 1 leaf
Bennettitales
Pterophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Pterophyllum informal sp. 2 leaf
Pterophyllum informal sp. 3 leaf
Coniferales
Samaropsis informal sp. 1
unclassified
Norinia informal sp. 1
Yuania informal sp. 1
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales
Sphenophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Sphenophyllum informal sp. 2 leaf
Sphenophyllum informal sp. 3 leaf
Sphenophyllum informal sp. 4 leaf
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Odontopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shaanxi
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 109.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.4° North, 88.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian - Lopingian
Stage: Capitanian - Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
*Period:Middle Permian - Late/Upper Permian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Shihhotse
Key time interval: Capitanian - Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval: 264.28 - 254.14 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:List from p. 177-178. 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 12108
Database number:29870
Authorizer:A. Rees Enterer:A. Rees
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:50 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:05:03
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8321.PGAP 1040Bur. of Geol. and Min. Resources of Shaanxi. 1989. Regional Geology of Shaanxi Province. People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Memoirs 1(13):1-698 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]