Where: Prealpes, Switzerland (47.0° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 17.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 163.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• Also contains a diverse palynoflora
Primary reference: V.N. Pantic and P. Felber. 1983. Palynomorphen aus den Zoophycos-Schichten (subfurcatum-Zone, oberes Bajocian) der Zentralschweizer Klippen-Decke. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 76(2):333-353 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24580: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 11.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Elatocladus cf. zignoi podocarp
Elatocladus sp. Halle 1913 podocarp | |
? Ptilophyllum sp., ? Ptilophyllum cf. grandifolium, ? Ptilophyllum cf. pecten, ? Zamites sp., ? Otozamites sp., ? Pterophyllum sp.
? Ptilophyllum sp. Morris 1840
? Ptilophyllum cf. pecten Phillips 1829
? Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
? Otozamites sp. Braun 1843
? Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Bucklandia cf. insignis cycads
Bucklandia sp. Sternberg 1825 cycads | |
Equisetopsida | |
? Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 |