Ishpushta (Jurassic of Afghanistan)

Also known as PGAP 676

Where: Afghanistan (35.3° N, 68.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 75.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ishpushta Formation, Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: List compiled from Table 21, p. 198 of reference. Supercedes lists 1 and 2 compiled previously from PGAP references 55 and 56: those references were unclear wrt ages of the floras and cannot be used with confidence

Primary reference: R. Wolfart and H. Wittekindt. 1980. Geologie Von Afghanistan 1-500 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29338: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis "sp. 1" Lindley and Hutton 1834
 Bennettitales -
Williamsonia "sp. 1" Carruthers 1870
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Schizeaceae
  - Schizeaceae
Klukia "sp. 1" Raciborski 1890