Wankie (Permian of Zimbabwe)

Also known as PGAP 13214

Where: Zimbabwe (18.4° S, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 58.1° S, 13.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Upper Member (Wankie Sandstone Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• K4 local stage

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The floral list is a composite of 10 lists.

Primary reference: G. Bond. 1973. The palaeontology of Rhodesia. Geological Survey of Rhodesia Bulletin 70:1-121 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30993: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 21. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
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Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca "sp. 1", Annularia "sp. 1"
Phyllotheca "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Annularia "sp. 1" Sternberg 1821
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1", Cladophlebis "sp. 2"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Asterotheca "sp. 1"
Chansitheca
  -
Chansitheca "sp. 1"
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris "sp. 1", Pecopteris "sp. 2", Pecopteris "sp. 3", Pecopteris "sp. 4"
Pecopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822
Pecopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1822
Pecopteris "sp. 3" Brongniart 1822
Pecopteris "sp. 4" Brongniart 1822
Cyclodendron
  -
Cyclodendron "sp. 1"
Cyclodendron "sp. 1" Kräusel 1928
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1", Sphenopteris "sp. 2", Sphenopteris "sp. 3"
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris "sp. 2" Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris "sp. 3" Sternberg 1825
Wankiea
  -
Wankiea "sp. 1"
Wankiea "sp. 1" Lacey and Huard-Moine 1966
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 1"
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 1" Feistmantel 1879
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Conites "sp. 1"
Conites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1823
Dictyopteridiopsida
  -
Gangamopteris "sp. 1", Gangamopteris "sp. 2"
 Dictyopteridiales - Dictyopteridiaceae
Pluma "sp. 1"
Pluma "sp. 1" Plumstead 1958
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Vertebraria "sp. 1", Ottokaria "sp. 1", Ottokaria "sp. 2", Glossopteris "sp. 1", Glossopteris "sp. 2", Glossopteris "sp. 3", Glossopteris "sp. 4", Glossopteris "sp. 5", Glossopteris "sp. 6", Glossopteris "sp. 7"
Ottokaria "sp. 1" Zeiller 1902
Ottokaria "sp. 2" Zeiller 1902
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 3" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 4" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 5" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 6" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 7" Brongniart 1828
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum "sp. 1", Sphenophyllum "sp. 2", Sphenophyllum "sp. 3", Sphenophyllum "sp. 4"
Sphenophyllum "sp. 2" König 1825
Sphenophyllum "sp. 3" König 1825
Sphenophyllum "sp. 4" König 1825
Rumex acetosa
  -
Benlightfootia "sp. 1"
Benlightfootia "sp. 1" Lacey and Huard-Moine 1966