Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.1° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 6.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon, original cellulose
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: J. H. A. Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert and J. Van der Burgh. 1996. Review of the Kimmeridgian flora of Sutherland, Scotland with reference to the ecology and in situ pollen. Geologists' Association 107:97-105 [C. Looy/W. Puijk/W. Puijk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31060: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 10.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pteridopsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail | |
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855 | |
Gymnospermopsida | |
Equisetopsida | |
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Pinopsida | |
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Palaeocyparis | |
Palaeocyparis sp. Saporta 1872 | |
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Elatocladus jeffreyi podocarp | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Cycadopsida | |
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads | |
Nilsonia culgowerensis cycads
Nilsonia orientalis Heer 1878 cycads |