Vanoise (Triassic to of France)

Where: Savoie, France (45.3° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian to Ladinian (242.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "lad-karn" (p. 295), but "Keuper" (pp. 34, 295) and "It's plant assemblage is comparable with the plant assemblage of the Schilfsandstein of Sud Deutsche Senke" (p. 34). Schilfsandstein is Carnian and Keuper is late Ladinian-Rhaetian (Harland et al., 1989, p.51) or Carnian-Rhaetian (Haq & Van Eysinga, 1987).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Dobruskina. 1994. Triassic Floras of Eurasia. Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Kommissionen. H. Zapfe (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, New York. 10:1-422 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

PaleoDB collection 24672: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 15.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

• p. 295
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
? Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris sp. Brongniart 1828 cycads
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum longifolium Brongniart 1828
Pterophyllum jaegeri Brongniart 1828
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
? Voltzia sp. Brongniart 1828
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae