Milorgfjella (Permian of Antarctica)

Also known as PGAP 13238

Where: Antarctica (74.3° S, 9.6° W: paleocoordinates 71.2° S, 28.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Beacon Group, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The floral list is a composite of 2 sites that are 8 km apart.

Primary reference: E. P. Plumstead. 1975. A New Assemblage of Plant Fossils from Milorgfjella, Dronning Maud Land. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Report 83:1-30 [A. Rees/A. Rees/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29367: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 8-9. 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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unclassified
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Euryphyllum "sp. 1", Euryphyllum "sp. 2"
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca "sp. 1"
Phyllotheca "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Lycopodiopsis
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Lycopodiopsis "sp. 1"
Lycopodiopsis "sp. 1" Renault 1890
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 1", Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 2"
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 1" Feistmantel 1879
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 2" Feistmantel 1879
Dictyopteridiopsida
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Gangamopteris "sp. 1", Gangamopteris "sp. 2", Gangamopteris "sp. 3", Palaeovittaria "sp. 1"
Palaeovittaria "sp. 1" Feistmantel 1876
Walikalia
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Walikalia "sp. 1"
Walikalia "sp. 1" Hoeg and Bose 1960
Sphenopsida
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Paracalamites "sp. 1"
Paracalamites "sp. 1" Zalessky 1927