Hope Bay (Jurassic of Antarctica)

Also known as PGAP 481

Where: Antarctica (63.4° S, 57.0° W: paleocoordinates 57.1° S, 25.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Mount Flora Formation (Botany Bay Group), Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• Rees (1993) assigned J1 age, Halle (1913) assigned J2 age, and Gee (1989) assigned J3/K1 age - see Rees (1993) for discussion

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Rees and C. J. Cleal. 2004. Lower Jurassic floras from Hope Bay and Botany Bay, Antarctica. Special Papers in Palaeontology 72:5-90 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29347: 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.
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unclassified
  -
leaf of unknown affinity "sp. 1", cycadophyte scale leaf type A "sp. 1", seed of unknown affinity "sp. 1"
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1"
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
Zamites "sp. 1", Otozamites "sp. 1", Otozamites "sp. 2", Weltrichia "sp. 1", Williamsonia "sp. 1"
Zamites "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 2" Braun 1843
Weltrichia "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Williamsonia "sp. 1" Carruthers 1870
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1", Cladophlebis "sp. 2", Cladophlebis "sp. 3", Cladophlebis "sp. 4"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 4" Brongniart 1849
  - Osmundaceae
Todites "sp. 1"
Todites "sp. 1" Seward 1900
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis "sp. 1"
Ctenis "sp. 1" Lindley and Hutton 1834
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1", Coniopteris "sp. 2", Coniopteris "sp. 3", Coniopteris "sp. 4"
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 4" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Hausmannia "sp. 1"
Hausmannia "sp. 1" Dunker 1846
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum "sp. 1"
Equisetum "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Goeppertella
  -
Goeppertella "sp. 1"
Goeppertella "sp. 1" Oishi and Yamasita 1936
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1"
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis "sp. 1"
Pseudoctenis "sp. 1" Seward 1911 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris "sp. 1"
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1", Sphenopteris "sp. 2"
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris "sp. 2" Sternberg 1825
Schizolepidella
  -
Schizolepidella "sp. 1"
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris "sp. 1"
Pachypteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1", Araucarites "sp. 1", Pagiophyllum "sp. 1", Pagiophyllum "sp. 2", Pagiophyllum "sp. 3", Pagiophyllum "sp. 4"
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Araucarites "sp. 1" Presl 1833
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Komlopteris "sp. 1"
Komlopteris "sp. 1" Barbacka 1994
Archangelskya
  -
Archangelskya "sp. 1"