Where: Leon, Spain (42.6° N, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 9.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)
• Fossil assemblage is characteristic of middle-upper Westphalian strata and seems to be most typical of rocks of Wesphalian C age.
Environment/lithology: coal
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: R. H. Wagner. 1962. An Upper Westphalian flora from the mine Inés, near the pass of Pajares, on the Leonese-Asturian boundary (N.W. Spain). Extracto de Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España 68:79-102 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27808: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 12.01.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mariopteris nervosa Brongniart 1879 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Neuropteridae | |