Dahanitor (Jurassic of Afghanistan)

Also known as PGAP 672

Where: Afghanistan (35.8° N, 67.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 70.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Regbulak Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: List compiled from Table 21, p. 198 of reference. Supercedes lists 1 and 2 compiled previously from PGAP references 55 and 56: those references were unclear wrt ages of the floras and cannot be used with confidence

Primary reference: R. Wolfart and H. Wittekindt. 1980. Geologie Von Afghanistan 1-500 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29339: 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.
unclassified
  -
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo
 Czekanowskiales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
Tyrmia "sp. 1" Prinada 1956
Ptilophyllum "sp. 1" Morris 1840
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides "sp. 1" Heer 1876 yew