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

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.1° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 6.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• Marine shelf interupted by fluviatile deltas

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 31209: 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
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew
Masculostrobus zeilleri
  -
Masculostrobus zeilleri Seward 1911
fructification
 Bennettitales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
  - Dicksoniaceae
  - Osmundaceae
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris setacea scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
  - Gleicheniaceae
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
 Ginkgoales -
 Czekanowskiales -
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads