Culgower, Sutherland (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.0° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 6.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. H. A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert and J. Van der Burgh. 1989. The flora from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Culgower, Sutherland, Scotland. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 61:1-51 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24393: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 06.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Selleyopteris morayensis, Taxodiophyllum scoticum
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris lanceolata
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites milleri, Brachyphyllum sp.
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides curvifolia
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew
Masculostrobus
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Masculostrobus sp.
Masculostrobus sp. Seward 1911
Masculostrobus zeilleri
  -
Masculostrobus zeilleri
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites sp., Zamites "sp. cf. buchianus", Ptilophyllum "sp. cf. pectinoides", Williamsonia sp., Pterophyllum cycadites, Pterophyllum thomasii
Otozamites sp. Braun 1843
Zamites "sp. cf. buchianus" Brongniart 1828
Williamsonia sp. Carruthers 1870
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus sp., Podozamites sp.
Elatocladus sp. Halle 1913 podocarp
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Marattiopsis boweri
  - Dicksoniaceae
Kylikipteris arguta
  - Osmundaceae
Todites denticulatus, Todites williamsonii
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris setacea
Coniopteris setacea scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti, Phlebopteris dunkeri, Hausmannia dichotoma, Hausmannia buchii
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Asplenium rigidum
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites cycadina, Gleichenites boodlei
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Aspidistes thomasii, Dichopteris pomelii
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris onychiopsoides, Sphenopteris sp.
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Baiera brauniana
 Czekanowskiales -
Phoenicopsis gunnii, Czekanowskia rigida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris phillipsii
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia orientalis" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia culgowerensis" = Nilsonia, Nilssonia brevis
"Nilssonia orientalis" = Nilsonia cycads
"Nilssonia culgowerensis" = Nilsonia cycads
Nilssonia brevis Brongniart 1825 cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis eathiensis
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads