Scania roof lower coal bed (Triassic of Sweden)

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

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Taxonomic list

Doratophyllum
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Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis florinii n. sp. cycads