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

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

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 24264: 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)
unclassified
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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris lanceolata, "Stenopteris nitida" = Rhaphidopteris, "Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829
"Stenopteris nitida" = Rhaphidopteris
"Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Bennettitales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
 Coniferales -
Bilsdalea dura Harris 1952
Eboracia lobifolia
  -
Eboracia lobifolia Phillips 1911
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
  - Osmundaceae
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris bella scaly tree fern
Coniopteris margaretae scaly tree fern
Coniopteris hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris murrayana Brongniart 1835 scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongniart 1836
Dictyophyllum rugosum Lindley and Hutton 1834
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum beani horsetail
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Equisetum columnare Brongniart 1828 horsetail
Neocalamites hoerensis Schimper 1908
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo digitata Brongniart 1830 ginkgo
Ginkgo huttoni Sternberg 1833 ginkgo
 Ginkgoales -
 Czekanowskiales -
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia compta" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia tenuicaulis" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia tenuinervis" = Nilsonia, Ctenozamites leckenbyi, Ctenozamites megalostoma
"Nilssonia compta" = Nilsonia cycads
"Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia tenuicaulis" = Nilsonia cycads
"Nilssonia tenuinervis" = Nilsonia cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Schizeaceae
  - Schizeaceae
Klukia exilis Phillips 1890