PBDB Collection

Ruhuhu Coalfield: Roadian - Wordian, Tanzania

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Arberiopsida - Arberiales

	Vertebraria informal sp. 1 root

	Glossopteris informal sp. 1 leaf

	Glossopteris informal sp. 2 leaf

	Glossopteris informal sp. 3 leaf

	Glossopteris informal sp. 4 leaf

	Glossopteris informal sp. 5 leaf

	Glossopteris informal sp. 6 leaf

	Glossopteris informal sp. 7 leaf
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae

	Schizoneura informal sp. 1 axis
Cycadopsida - Cycadales

	Taeniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf

	Taeniopteris informal sp. 2 leaf
Cordaitopsida - Cordaitaceae

	Noeggerathiopsis informal sp. 1 leaf
see common names

Geography

Country:	Tanzania
Coordinates:	10.3° South, 35.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	55.1° South, 9.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map

Time

Period:	Permian	Epoch:	Guadalupian
Stage:	Roadian - Wordian	10 m.y. bin:	Permian 3 - Permian 4
*Period:	Middle Permian
Key time interval:	Roadian - Wordian
Age range of interval:	274.4 - 264.28 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Coal Measures	Member:	Upper
Stratigraphy comments: K4 of Songea Series local stage

Lithology and environment

Taphonomy

Size of fossils:

macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Age assignment is from Langford, 1992
Taxonomic list comments:List from p. 148-149. 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 13217
Database number:	30941
Authorizer:	A. Rees	Enterer:	A. Rees
Research group:	paleobotany
Created:	2003-04-02 12:40:55	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2003-04-02 12:40:55
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

7945.

PGAP 1120

A. M. Quennell, A.C.M. McKinlay, and W.G. Aitken. 1956. Summary of the geology of Tanganyika. Tanganyika Geological Survey Department Memoir 1:1-264 [A. Rees/A. Rees/M. Uhen]