Modderdrift (Mod 311): Wordian - Capitanian, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Schizoneura africana leaf, axis
100 %-specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Western Cape
Coordinates: 33.1° South, 22.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.1° South, 29.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Wordian - Capitanian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Wordian - Capitanian
Age range of interval: 266.9 - 259.51 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Upper Ecca Formation:Waterford
Regional section:South Karoo Basin
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified mudstone
Lithology description: "hard, light olive grey, mudstone" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))
Environment:delta plain
Geology comments: "delta plain, interdistributary, crevasse splay" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: collection was made by Roy Oosthuizen 1962-82, it resides at Montagu Museum in Klaarstroom
Metadata
Database number:14296
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:J. Cassara Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-05-30 10:01:57 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-30 10:01:57
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
6188. J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 1985. Palaeoflora of Southern Africa. Prodromus of South African Megafloras Devonian to Lower Cretaceous 1-423 [P. Gensel/P. Gensel/P. Wagner]