Bearreraig Bay, Skye (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.5° N, 6.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bearreraig Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Aalenian to Early/Lower Aalenian (175.6 - 168.4 Ma)

• Contained within a 120-m thick central portion of the Bearreraig Sandstone Formation, estimated by the authors to represent 10 million years

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• plant remains are preserved in calcareous nodules within marine sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, permineralized, replaced with pyrite

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

Primary reference: R. M. Bateman, N. Morton, and B.L. Dower. 2000. Early Middle Jurassic plant communities in Northwest Scotland: Paleoecological and paleoclimatic significance. GeoResearch Forum 6:501-512 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24350: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 05.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The records for 'Taxodioxylon' and 'Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare' represent the following from Fig.1 of Bateman et al.: "Large woody axes (mostly cf. Taxodioxylon)", "Unidentified wood fragments (?mostly cf. Taxodioxylon)", and "Leafy shoots (mostly Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare)".
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Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia cf. tenuinervis" = Nilsonia
"Nilssonia cf. tenuinervis" = Nilsonia cycads
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
cf. Araucarites sp., Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare
Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
  -
cf. Cladophlebis denticulatus
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites cf. columnaris
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris cf. hymenophylloides
Coniopteris cf. hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Hausmannia dichotoma, Hausmannia buchii, Phlebopteris woodwardii
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
 Bennettitales -
cf. Otozamites penna, cf. Cycadolepis sp.
cf. Cycadolepis sp. Saporta 1875
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
cf. Taxodioxylon sp.
cf. Taxodioxylon sp. Hartig 1848 cypress