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
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 | |
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829 | |
Equisetopsida | |
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Pinopsida | |
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew | |
Masculostrobus zeilleri | |
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Zamites buchianus, Williamsonia sp., Pterophyllum cycadites, Pterophyllum thomasii, Pterophyllum sp.
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Coniopteris setacea scaly tree fern | |
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti, Phlebopteris dunkeri, Hausmannia dichotoma, Hausmannia buchii
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855 | |
Asplenium rigidum spleenwort | |
Pteridopsida | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Baiera cf. muensteriana Presl 1838 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads |