Unayzah (Permian of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as PGAP 12300

Where: Saudi Arabia (26.1° N, 44.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 40.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Unayzah Formation, Guadalupian (273.0 - 259.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. A. El-Khayal and R. H. Wagner. 1985. Upper Permian stratigraphy and megafloras of Saudi Arabia: palaeogeographic and climate implications. Compte Rendu Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere 3:17-26 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30888: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List from p. 23. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
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unclassified
  -
Fascipteris "sp. 1", Quasimia "sp. 1"
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Dizeugotheca "sp. 1"
Dizeugotheca "sp. 1" Archangelsky and de la Sota 1960
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris "sp. 1", Pecopteris "sp. 2"
Pecopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1822
Pecopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1822
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon "sp. 1"
Dadoxylon "sp. 1" Endlicher 1847
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites "sp. 1"
Cordaites "sp. 1" Unger 1850
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1", Sphenopteris "sp. 2"
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris "sp. 2" Sternberg 1825
Sphenopsida
  -
Lobatannularia "sp. 1"
Lobatannularia "sp. 1" Kawasaki 1927
 Gigantopteridales -
Gigantonoclea "sp. 1"
Gigantonoclea "sp. 1" Koidzumi 1936