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
•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 | |
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829 | |
Pinopsida | |
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew | |
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Baiera cf. muensteriana Presl 1838 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Nilsonia culgowerensis cycads
Nilsonia orientalis Heer 1878 cycads | |
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads |