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

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.0° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 6.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; siliciclastic sediments

• Boulder beds: semi-circulair, concentrically build beds of clastic material containing occasional large clasts with mud

•the beds are covered by moraines

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

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 31206: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 23.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
  - Gleicheniaceae
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
 Czekanowskiales -
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads