Wadi Araba (Permian to of Egypt)

Also known as PGAP 13220

Where: Egypt (29.1° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° S, 31.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 272.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The Flora has Euramerican, Gondwanian, and Cathaysian characters. Climate warm and dry w/ rainy seasons

Primary reference: A. Lejal-Nicol. 1986. Decouverte d'une flore a Callipteris dans la region de Suez (Egypte). Actes du 111th Congres National des Societes Savantes, Poitiers, Section des Sciences 2:9-22 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30102: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 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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Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia "sp. 1"
Thinnfeldia "sp. 1" Ettingshausen 1852 cycads
Sphenopsida
  -
Lobatannularia "sp. 1"
Lobatannularia "sp. 1" Kawasaki 1927
 Cordaitales -
Dorycordaites "sp. 1"
Dorycordaites "sp. 1" Zeiller 1888
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Callipteris "sp. 1"
Callipteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum "sp. 1"