Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 14.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• "lad-karn" (p. 292), but "Schilfsandstein" (p. 292) and "Middle Keuper [palynological] assemblages have been described from the Schilfsandstein of canton Basel, Switzerland from the river Birs (from the same horizon as the megaflora" (p. 32). Also, " the Middle Keuper deposits (the Schilfsandsteinā¦)". [Schilfsandstein = Carnian of Harland et al. (1989)]
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 24684: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 15.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetostachys | |
Antholithes | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Williamsonianthus keuperianus, Leguminanthus siliquosus, Pterophyllum pulchellum, Pterophyllum greppinii, Pterophyllum jaegeri, Pterophyllum longifolium, Pterophyllum brevipenne
Williamsonianthus keuperianus Kraeusel and Schaarschmidt 1966
Leguminanthus siliquosus Kraeusel and Schaarschmidt 1966
Pterophyllum jaegeri Brongniart 1828
Pterophyllum longifolium Brongniart 1828
Pterophyllum brevipenne Kurr 1845 | |
Voltziopsida | |
Voltzia heterophylla Brongniart 1828 | |
Pinopsida | |
Danaeopsis | |
Paradoxoxylon | |
Rhacophyllum | |
Bernoullia | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetites arenaceus, Equisetites glandulosus, Equisetites elegans, Equisetites sp., Equisetites conicus, Neocalamites merianii
Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
Equisetites conicus Sternberg 1833 | |
"Pecopteris reticulata" = Weichselia reticulata
"Pecopteris reticulata" = Weichselia reticulata Stokes and Webb 1824 | |
Pteropsida | |
"Pecopteris gracilis" = Palaeogleichenia gracilis, Pecopteris ruetimeyeri, Pecopteris triassica, Pecopteris latepinnata, Pecopteris augusta
"Pecopteris gracilis" = Palaeogleichenia gracilis Heer 1865 | |
Carpolithes | |
Camptopteris | |
Cycadopsida | |
Taeniopteris sp. Brongniart 1828 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Leuthardtia ovalis | |
Leuthardtia ovalis Kraeusel and Schaarschmidt 1966 |