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

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.1° N, 3.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.9° N, 11.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black, gray, calcareous shale

• Greyish black bituminous shales containing ammonites, bivalves, belemnites and other fauna indicating a marine environment. They also contain an extensive flora consisting of well preserved, but comminuted plant material

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 31207: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 23.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads
 Cycadales -
Nilsonia orientalis Heer 1878 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo sp. Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo
 Czekanowskiales -
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
  - Dicksoniaceae
  - Gleicheniaceae
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew
 Bennettitales -