Mataura Falls: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Microphyllopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis informal sp. 1 leaf
Cladophlebis informal sp. 2 leaf
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Dipteridaceae
Dictyophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Coniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Bennettitales
Pterophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Taeniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Nilssonia informal sp. 1 leaf
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 46.2° South, 168.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:80.4° South, 36.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 3-5 - Jurassic 5-6
*Period:Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Age range of interval: 174.7 - 145 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: J2? by Edwards, 1934; Callovian, poss J3 by McKellar & Speden, 1978
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 492
Database number:30352
Authorizer:A. Rees Enterer:A. Rees
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:52 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8271.PGAP 36W.N. Edwards. 1934. Jurassic plants from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(13):81-109 [A. Rees/A. Rees]