Also known as PGAP 324
Where: Iran (36.9° N, 55.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° S, 47.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Ab-e-Haji Formation (Shemshak Group), Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)
• See comments on pp. 537-540 of reference (especially Table 3, p. 539) concerning ages of collections; now Shemshak Group, this could be the lower formation, Ab-e-Haji
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Corsin and G. Stampfli. 1977. La Formation de Shemshak dans L'Elburz Oriental (Iran) Flore-Stratigraphie-Paleogeographie. GĂ©obios 10(4):509-571 [A. Rees/A. Rees/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 30184: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp | |
Williamsonia "sp. 1", Pterophyllum "sp. 1", Pterophyllum "sp. 2", Pterophyllum "sp. 3", Otozamites "sp. 1", Otozamites "sp. 2", Zamites "sp. 1"
Williamsonia "sp. 1" Carruthers 1870
Pterophyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Pterophyllum "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
Pterophyllum "sp. 3" Brongniart 1828
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 2" Braun 1843
Zamites "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833 | |
Dictyophyllum "sp. 1" Lindley and Hutton 1834 | |
Cycadopsida | |
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ginkgo "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo |