Upper Luangwa Valley (Permian of Zambia)

Also known as PGAP 11006

Where: Zambia (10.5° S, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 55.8° S, 9.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Luwumbu Coal & Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Ecca Group), Guadalupian (273.0 - 259.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Floral list is a composite from Utting, 1970; Lacey and Smith, 1972. Age control from Langford, 1992.

Primary reference: W.S. Lacey. 1974. Some new African Gondwana plants. Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany Special Publication 2:34-41 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30988: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 34-36. 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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 Coniferales -
Samaropsis "sp. 1"
Samaropsis "sp. 1" Göppert 1864
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 1"
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 1" Feistmantel 1879
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Annularia "sp. 1", "Stellotheca "sp. 1"" = Lelstotheca
Annularia "sp. 1" Sternberg 1821
"Stellotheca "sp. 1"" = Lelstotheca Maheshwari 1972
Sphenopsida
  -
Paracalamites "sp. 1"
Paracalamites "sp. 1" Zalessky 1927
 Cordaitales -
Cordaicarpus "sp. 1"
Cordaicarpus "sp. 1" Geinitz 1862
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1"
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1", Glossopteris "sp. 2", Glossopteris "sp. 3", Glossopteris "sp. 4", Glossopteris "sp. 5", Vertebraria "sp. 1"
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 3" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 4" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 5" Brongniart 1828
Vertebraria "sp. 1" Royle 1839
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon "sp. 1", Dadoxylon "sp. 2"
Dadoxylon "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847
Dadoxylon "sp. 2" Endlicher 1847