Arlit (Permian to of Niger)

Also known as PGAP 11005

Where: Niger (19.0° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° S, 4.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 290.1 Ma)

• Terada and Tagora Series

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: This locality is geographically and floristically intermediate between Gondwana and Euramerica.

Primary reference: I. de Rouvre. 1988. Sur l'age des flores Paleozoiques nouvellement decouvertes sur la bordure ouest de l'Air (Niger). Comptes Rendu de l'Academie des Sciences, 2. Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'Univers 306(14):1057-1061 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30357: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 1057-1058. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
unclassified
  -
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Callipteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Callipteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
Lycopodiophloios
  -
 Cordaitales -
Cordaicarpus "sp. 1" Geinitz 1862
Cordaicarpus "sp. 2" Geinitz 1862
Dorycordaites "sp. 1" Zeiller 1888
Lebachia
  -
Lebachia "sp. 1" Florin 1938
 Coniferales -
Samaropsis "sp. 1" Göppert 1864
Samaropsis "sp. 2" Göppert 1864
Cornucarpus
  -
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
Artisia "sp. 1" Sternberg 1838
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales - Cordaitanthaceae
Nucellangium "sp. 1" Andrews 1949