Crakaig Links, Kimmeridgian flora of Sutherland, Scotland (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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
 Filicales -
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
  - Dicksoniaceae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
  - Gleicheniaceae
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew
fructification
Palaeocyparis
  -
Palaeocyparis sp. Saporta 1872
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Williamsonia sp. Carruthers 1870
fructification
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads
 Cycadales -