Lothbeg point, Sutherland (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.1° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 6.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, charcoalification

Primary reference: J. Van der Burgh and J.H.A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert. 1984. A drifted flora from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Lothbeg Point, Sutherland, Scotland. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 43:359-396 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24391: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 06.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Cycadopteris sp. Zigno 1853
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris sp. Brongniart 1828
cf. lanceolata
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. A" Brongniart 1849
(cf. Todites williamsonii)
Cladophlebis "sp. B" Brongniart 1849
(cf. Todites denticulatus)
Cladophlebis spp. Brongniart 1849
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
cf. Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
  - Gleicheniaceae
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
cf. Ginkgo sp. Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo
 Czekanowskiales -
Czekanowskia sp. Heer 1876
cf. rigida
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis cf. eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads