NE Snow Island (Jurassic of Antarctica)

Also known as PGAP 4

Where: Antarctica (62.7° S, 61.2° W: paleocoordinates 51.5° S, 28.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Fuenzalida, R. Araya, and F. Herve. 1972. Middle Jurassic flora from north-eastern Snow Island, South Shetland Islands. In R.J. Adie (ed.), Antarctic Geology and Geophysics (SCAR Symposium on Antarctic Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics, Oslo 1970) 93-97 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29369: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 94. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
unclassified
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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Pachypteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
"Stenopteris "sp. 1"" = Rhaphidopteris Barale 1972
Lebachia
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Lebachia "sp. 1" Florin 1938
 Bennettitales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Scleropteris
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Scleropteris "sp. 1" Saporta 1872
Scleropteris "sp. 2" Saporta 1872