Askeaton (Ask 111) (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.6° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 6.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Molteno Formation (Karoo Basin Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: pond; mudstone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 1983. Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic). Palaeoflora of Southern Africa Molteno Formation (Triassic) 1:1-227 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23317: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 11.07.2002, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• habitat described as "Equisetum marsh" (Anderson and Anderson 2000 (ref. 6625))
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Hepaticae
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Thallites sp.1
Thallites sp.1 Walton 1925 liverwort
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Sphenobaiera sp.1
Sphenobaiera sp.1 Florin 1936
Gymnospermopsida
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Gymnospermopsida indet.1
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium sp.1, Pteruchus sp.1, Umkomasia sp.1
Dicroidium sp.1 Gothan 1912
Pteruchus sp.1 Thomas 1933
Umkomasia sp.1 Thomas 1933
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Lepidopteris sp.1
Lepidopteris sp.1 Schimper 1869
unclassified
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Pteridophyta indet.1
Pteridophyta indet.1 Haeckel 1875
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp.1
Equisetum sp.1 Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Pteridopsida
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"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida1
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida1 Ritgen 1828
Insecta
 Dicondylia - Triassoblattidae
Triassoblatta robusta n. sp.2
Triassoblatta robusta n. sp.2 Riek 1974 winged insect
C-As I 160
1Anderson and Anderson 2000; 2Riek 1974