Where: Sweden (56.1° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 9.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Mine Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; black, gray coal
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon, original cellulose
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: A. B. Lundblad. 1950. Studies in the Rhaeto-Liassic Floras of Sweden I (Pteridophyta, Pteridospermae, and Cycadophyta from the mining district of NW Scania). Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1(8):1-82 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31178: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 17.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Doratophyllum | |
Doratophyllum scanicum n. sp.
Doratophyllum scanicum n. sp. | |
Cycadopsida | |
Pseudoctenis florinii n. sp.
Pseudoctenis florinii n. sp. cycads |