Wankie (Permian of Zimbabwe)

Also known as PGAP 13216

Where: Zimbabwe (18.4° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 21.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lower Member (Wankie Sandstone Formation), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• K1 local stage

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The floral list is a composite of 2 localities. Age assignment is from Langford, 1992.

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 30991: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 18. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Lycopodiopsis
  -
Lycopodiopsis "sp. 1" Renault 1890
Angiospermae
  -
Carpolithus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1768