Collection: De Zigno Collection

Systematic-Paleontology

Reign: Plantae
Phylum/Division: Progymnospermophyta
Class: Pteridospermopsida
Order: Caytoniales
Family: Caytoniaceae
Scientific name: Sagenopteris nilsoniana (Brongn.) Ward

Geological age

Geochronology (Chronostratigraphy)

Eon (Eontema): Phanerozoic
Era (Eratema): Mesozoic
Period (System): Jurassic
Other chronological subdivisions : Jurassic

Description: Pteridosperms typical of the Lower Jurassic (about 190 Ma).

Location

Continent/Subcontinent: Europe
State : Italy
Region: Veneto
Province: Vicenza
Municipality: Rotzo
Place: Valle d'Assa

Università degli Studi di Padova, Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia

Item code: 3813Z

Bibliography

• De Zigno A., 1856-1868 - Flora fossilis formationis oolithicae. Tav. XXII, fig. 1, vol.I; Kustatscher E., Roghi G., Giusberti L., 2014 - la flora del Giurassico dell'Italia settentrionale, in Palaeobotany in Italy - La Paleobotanica in Italia. pp. 154-165.