Where: Diyarbakir, Turkey (38.3° N, 40.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° S, 41.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

• Determined by the simultaneous occurances of several elements of teh uper Shihhotse flora in China (lower-middle Permian age) with certain elements comparable to the Raniganj flora in India (upper Permian).

Environment/lithology: shale

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. H. Wagner. 1962. On a mixed Cathaysia and Gondwana flora from SE. Anatolia (Turkey). Compte Rendu du Ive Congrés pour l'Avancement des Éstudes de Stratigraphie et de Géologie du Carbonifére 745-752 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/J. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27809: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 12.01.2003

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