Sycarham Member, Yorkshire (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 9.6° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sycarham Member (Cloughton Formation), Early/Lower Bajocian to Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• Derived from summary in Hesselbo et al. (2003)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: T. M. Harris. 1979. The Yorkshire Jurassic Flora V. Coniferales. British Museum (Natural History) 5:1-150 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24263: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 04.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Based on 5 monographs of the Yorkshire Jurassic Flora by Harris (1961, 1964, 1969, 1979) and Harris et al. (1974)
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unclassified
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Geinitzia divaricata, Geinitzia rigida
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris lanceolata, "Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829
"Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pagiophyllum fragilis, Pagiophyllum insigne, Pagiophyllum maculosum, Pagiophyllum ordinatum, Pagiophyllum kurrii, Brachyphyllum ardenicum, Brachyphyllum crucis, Brachyphyllum mamillare
Pagiophyllum kurrii Pomel 1872
Brachyphyllum mamillare Brongniart 1828
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites beani, Otozamites graphicus, Otozamites mimetes, Anomozamites nilssoni, Zamites gigas, Ptilophyllum pectinoides, Ptilophyllum pecten, Nilssoniopteris pristis, Pterophyllum thomasi
Zamites gigas Lindley and Hutton 1831
Ptilophyllum pecten Phillips 1829
Pterophyllum thomasi Harris 1952
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus ramosus, Elatocladus setosus, Elatocladus sideriticus
 Coniferales -
Bilsdalea dura
Bilsdalea dura Harris 1952
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Todites denticulatus, Todites princeps, Todites williamsoni
Todites williamsoni Brongniart 1900
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Matonidium goepperti, Phlebopteris woodwardii, Phlebopteris polypodioides, Dictyophyllum rugosum
Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongniart 1836
Dictyophyllum rugosum Lindley and Hutton 1834
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis exilis, Ctenis kaneharai
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum beani, Equisetum laterale, Equisetum sp., Equisetum columnare
Equisetum beani horsetail
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Equisetum columnare Brongniart 1828 horsetail
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo huttoni, Baiera furcata
Ginkgo huttoni Sternberg 1833 ginkgo
 Ginkgoales -
Eretmophyllum pubescens
 Czekanowskiales -
Solenites vimineus, Czekanowskia furcula
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia tenuinervis" = Nilsonia, Ctenozamites leckenbyi, Ctenozamites megalostoma
"Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia tenuinervis" = Nilsonia cycads