Modderdrift (Mod 421): Wordian - Capitanian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Schizoneura africana leaf, axis
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25 %-specimens | |||||||||
| leaves, also lists axes as being present | ||||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Raniganjia kilburnensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Arberiopsida
- Arberiales
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Glossopteris cf. symmetrifolia
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75 %-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, olive grey, mudstone" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188)) | |
| Environment: | delta plain |
| Geology comments: "delta plain, interdistributary, levee" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188)) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Collection size: | 20 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: collection was made by Anderson and Anderson 1982, it resides at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria (PRE) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14302 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-05-30 13:18:51 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-30 13:18:51 |
| 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] |