Also known as ETE Locality 167, La Serre, Montagne Noire
Where: SC Massif Central, France (43.5° N, 3.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 11.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lydiennes Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• The Tournaisian plant assemblage
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic, argillaceous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, permineralized, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: N. P. Rowe and J. Galtier. 1990. A Lower Carboniferous plant assemblage from La Serre (Montagne Noire, France), 2. Gymnosperms. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 63:91-115 [H. Sims/B. DiMichele/H. Sims]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 21362: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Richard Bateman on 06.09.1991, edited by Jason Cassara
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Araucarioxylon sp. Kraus 1870 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
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unclassified | |
Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-1", Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-2", Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-3", Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-4", Gymnospermophyta "Foliage Type-D", Gymnospermophyta "Cupule Type-A", Gymnospermophyta "Cupule Type-B", Gymnospermophyta "Cupule Type-C"
Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-1" Cleal 1994
Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-2" Cleal 1994
Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-3" Cleal 1994
Gymnospermophyta "Frond Type-4" Cleal 1994
Gymnospermophyta "Cupule Type-A" Cleal 1994 might represent structures containing either ovules or sporangia
Gymnospermophyta "Cupule Type-B" Cleal 1994 might represent structures containing either ovules or sporangia
Gymnospermophyta "Cupule Type-C" Cleal 1994 might represent structures containing either ovules or sporangia
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Pteridospermopsida | |
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Alcicornopteris | |
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Neuropteridae | |
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Lyginorachis | |
Lyginorachis "sp. 1" Kidston 1923
Lyginorachis "sp. 2" Kidston 1923 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Calamopitys sp. Unger 1856 |