Brora, Sutherland (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.0° N, 3.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.5° N, 16.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale and coal

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M.C. Stopes. 1907. The flora of the Inferior Oolite of Brora (Sutherland). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 63:375-382 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24394: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 06.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo digitata
Ginkgo digitata Brongniart 1830 ginkgo
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Todites williamsonii
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Dictyophyllum sp.
Dictyophyllum sp. Lindley and Hutton 1834
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris quinqueloba, Coniopteris hymenophylloides
Coniopteris quinqueloba scaly tree fern
Coniopteris hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern
  -
Cladophlebis denticulata
Cladophlebis denticulata Brongniart 1828
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites beani, Equisetites columnaris, Equisetites broraensis
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
"Cheirolepis sp." = Hirmeriella
"Cheirolepis sp." = Hirmeriella Hörhammer 1933
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites ? sp., Zamites ? sp.
Otozamites ? sp. Braun 1843
Zamites ? sp. Brongniart 1828