Ellington's, Rhynie Wicker's property (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Chatham County, North Carolina (35.6° N, 79.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.5° N, 22.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• "plant bed"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; blue, argillaceous shale and bituminous coal

• "blue slates"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by E. Emmons

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: E. Emmons. 1856. Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina xx-351 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202497: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
"Pecopteris falcatus n. sp." = Asterocarpus falcatus
"Pecopteris falcatus n. sp." = Asterocarpus falcatus Emmons 1856
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
"Calamites arenaceus" = Equisetum rogersii
"Calamites arenaceus" = Equisetum rogersii Bunbury 1851 horsetail
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
"Pecopteris carolinensis n. sp." = Cyathoforma carolinensis
"Pecopteris carolinensis n. sp." = Cyathoforma carolinensis Emmons 1856 scaly tree fern
Lonchopteris
  -
"Acrostichites oblongus n. sp." = Lonchopteris oblonga
"Acrostichites oblongus n. sp." = Lonchopteris oblonga Emmons 1856
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris whitbyensis
Strangerites obliquus
  -
"Strangerites obliquus n. sp." = Pseudodanaeopsis obliqua
"Strangerites obliquus n. sp." = Pseudodanaeopsis obliqua Emmons 1856
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
"Podozamites lanceolatus n. sp." = Podozamites emmonsii, Podozamites longifolius
"Podozamites lanceolatus n. sp." = Podozamites emmonsii Newberry 1866 podocarp
Podozamites longifolius Emmons 1856 podocarp
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
"Pterozamites decussatus n. sp." = Ctenophyllum braunianum
"Pterozamites decussatus n. sp." = Ctenophyllum braunianum Göppert 1844 cycads
Neuropteridae
  - Neuropteridae
Cyclopteris sp.
Cyclopteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Lepacyclotes ellipticus
  -
Lepacyclotes ellipticus n. sp.
Lepacyclotes ellipticus n. sp. Emmons 1856
Lepacyclotes circularis
  -
Lepacyclotes circularis n. sp.
Lepacyclotes circularis n. sp. Emmons 1856
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
"Walchia diffusus n. sp." = Palissya diffusa
"Walchia diffusus n. sp." = Palissya diffusa Emmons 1856 yew
 Bennettitales -
Zamites obtusifolis