Tanga (Permian of Tanzania)

Also known as PGAP 13218

Where: Tanzania (5.1° S, 39.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.8° S, 23.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Tanga Formation (Beaufort? Group), Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. M. Quennell, A.C.M. McKinlay, and W.G. Aitken. 1956. Summary of the geology of Tanganyika. Tanganyika Geological Survey Department Memoir 1:1-264 [A. Rees/A. Rees/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30940: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 142-143. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
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 Coniferales -
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1", Desmiophyllum "sp. 2"
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1" Lesquereux 1878
Desmiophyllum "sp. 2" Lesquereux 1878
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Baiera "sp. 1"
Baiera "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cupressinocladus "sp. 1"
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1"
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Voltziopsis
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Voltziopsis "sp. 1", Voltziopsis "sp. 2"
Voltziopsis "sp. 1" Potonié 1899
Voltziopsis "sp. 2" Potonié 1899
Ullmannia
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Ullmannia "sp. 1"
Ullmannia "sp. 1" Göppert 1850