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Bomfleur, Benjamin; Serbet, Rudolph; Taylor, Edith L; Taylor, Thomas N (2011): (Table 1) Comparison of localities where Switzianthus (Anderson & Anderson) has been found with Dejerseya and Heidiphyllum occurrence [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847232, Supplement to: Bomfleur, B et al. (2011): The possible pollen cone of the Late Triassic conifer Heidiphyllum/ Telemachus (Voltziales) from Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 23(04), 379-385, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102011000241

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Abstract:
Fossil leaves of the Voltziales, an ancestral group of conifers, rank among the most common plant fossils in the Triassic of Gondwana. Even though the foliage taxon Heidiphyllum has been known for more than 150 years, our knowledge of the reproductive organs of these conifers still remains very incomplete. Seed cones assigned to Telemachus have become increasingly well understood in recent decades, but the pollen cones belonging to these Mesozoic conifers are rare. In this contribution we describe the first compression material of a voltzialean pollen cone from Upper Triassic strata of the Transantarctic Mountains. The cone can be assigned to Switzianthus Anderson & Anderson, a genus that was previously assumed to belong to an enigmatic group of pteridosperms from the Triassic Molteno Formation of South Africa. The similarities of cuticle and pollen morphology, together with co-occurrence at all known localities, indicate that Switzianthus most probably represents the pollen organ of the ubiquitous Heidiphyllum/Telemachus plant.
Further details:
Anderson, J M; Anderson, H M (2003): Heyday of the gymnosperms: systematics and biodiversity of the Late Triassic Molteno fructifications. Pretoria: National Botanical Institute, Strelitzia 15, 399 pp
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -80.538500 * Median Longitude: 162.288500 * South-bound Latitude: -84.367000 * West-bound Longitude: 159.660000 * North-bound Latitude: -76.710000 * East-bound Longitude: 164.917000
Event(s):
AllanHills * Latitude: -76.710000 * Longitude: 159.660000 * Location: North Victoria Land * Method/Device: Sampling/measurement on land (LAND)
MtFalla * Latitude: -84.367000 * Longitude: 164.917000 * Location: North Victoria Land * Method/Device: Sampling/measurement on land (LAND)
Comment:
+ = found, - = not found
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Area/localityAreaBomfleur, Benjamin
2Latitude of eventLatitudeBomfleur, Benjamin
3Longitude of eventLongitudeBomfleur, Benjamin
4ContinentContBomfleur, Benjamin
5Sample amountN#Bomfleur, Benjaminno. of slabs, # = approximate
6SwitzianthusSwitzianthusBomfleur, Benjamin
7DejerseyaDejerseyaBomfleur, Benjamin
8HeidiphyllumHeidiphyllumBomfleur, Benjamin
9Reference/sourceReferenceBomfleur, Benjamin
Size:
42 data points

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