Allan Hills (Triassic of Antarctica)

Also known as PGAP 2290

Where: Antarctica (75.7° S, 159.7° E: paleocoordinates 74.5° S, 105.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M.N. Bose, E. L. Taylor, and T.N. Taylor. 1990. Gondwana Floras of India and Antarctica - a Survey and Reappraisal. In T.N. Taylor & E.L. Taylor (ed.), Antarctic Paleobiology, Its Role in the Reconstruction of Gondwana 118-148 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29350: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 130. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium "sp. 1" Gothan 1912
Dicroidium "sp. 2" Gothan 1912