Anxi: Lopingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Fascipteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Callipteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Callipteris informal sp. 2 leaf
Callipteris informal sp. 3 leaf
Pinopsida - Cordaitanthales
Cordaites informal sp. 1 leaf
Coniferales
Desmiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Cordaitopsida - Cordaitaceae
Noeggerathiopsis informal sp. 1 leaf
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Taeniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Cycadopsida - Trigonocarpales - Alethopteridaceae
Compsopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Sphenopsida
Paracalamites informal sp. 1 axis
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Phyllothecaceae
Phyllotheca informal sp. 1 axis
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Calamites informal sp. 1 axis
Pteropsida
Pecopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Pecopteris informal sp. 2 leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Gansu
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 95.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.0° North, 84.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
*Period:Late/Upper Permian
*International age/stage:Lopingian
Key time interval: Lopingian
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 251.902 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fangshankou
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Unit is very thick -- 3764 m (no marine in this section)
Taxonomic list comments:List from p. 207-208. 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 12142
Database number:29956
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:

8305.PGAP 514Bur. of Geol. and Min. Resources of Gansu. 1989. Regional Geology of Gansu Province. People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Memoirs 1(19):1-692 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]