Fairplay1 Lesquereux (Permian to of the United States)

Where: Colorado (39.2° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 32.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Permian to Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

• Early/Lower call based on correlation to Rothleigende. There is mention of Triassic insects from this horizon in the paper, hence the youngest call is listed as Triassic.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• This collection was studied by Lesquereux, and is thought to be higher in section than Fairplay2

Primary reference: D. White. 1912. The characters of the fossil plant Gigantopteris Schenk and its occurrence in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41:493-516 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11167: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Heather Lindon

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites sp. Presl 1833
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Ullmannia
  -
Ullmannia sp. Göppert 1850
Sigillariostrobus
  -
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia sp. Brongniart 1828
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Poacordaites
  -
Poacordaites sp. Grand'Eury 1877
Walchia
  -