Luena (Permian to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as PGAP 13427

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (9.4° S, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 55.2° S, 4.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Couches de houille Formation (Upper Lukuga Group), Sakmarian to Sakmarian (293.5 - 279.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Correlation from Langford, 1992

Primary reference: O. A. Hoeg and M.N. Bose. 1960. The Glossopteris flora of the Belgian Congo, with a note on some fossil plants from the Zambesi Basin (Mozambique). Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 32:1-99 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30985: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 84. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
Noeggerathiopsis "sp. 1" Feistmantel 1879
 Coniferales -
Samaropsis "sp. 1" Göppert 1864
Samaropsis "sp. 2" Göppert 1864
Walkomiella "sp. 1" Florin 1944
Dictyopteridiopsida
  -
Palaeovittaria "sp. 1" Feistmantel 1876
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Ginkgoites
  -
Ginkgoites "sp. 1" Seward 1919
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Baiera "sp. 1" Braun 1843
 Cordaitales -
Cordaicarpus "sp. 1" Geinitz 1862