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Zhijiachong, Liuyang City, Changsha, Hunan, China

FormationZhijiachong
Age:237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
IntervalCarnian
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences25

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
LiuyangLiuyang City, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaZhijiachong

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Gaojiatian201 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
16
Shanqiutian-Shanjiachong228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
22
Zaoshang199 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
mudstone24

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Pterophyllum sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Pterophyllum237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Zamites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Zamites237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Neocalamites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Neocalamites237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Clathropteris sp.
genus
6Clathropteris237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Arberophyllum sp.
genus
6Plantae : Peltaspermophyta : Peltaspermopsida : Peltaspermales : Leuthardtiaceae : Arberophyllum237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Ptilozamites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Peltaspermophyta : Peltaspermopsida : Peltaspermales : Umkomasiaceae : Ptilozamites237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Elatocladus sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Elatocladus237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Podozamites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Podozamites237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Nilsonia sp.
genus
6Plantae : Cycadophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Nilsonia237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Equisetites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Equisetaceae : Equisetites237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Taeniopteris sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Crossozamiaceae : Taeniopteris237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Cladophlebis sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Cladophlebis237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Dictyophyllum sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Dictyophyllum237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Osmundopsis sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Osmundopsis237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Todites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Todites237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

References

Bur. of Geol. and Min. Resources of Hunan (1988) Regional Geology of Hunan Province, People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Memoirs 1 8, 1-719
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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