Pettycur Regional Flora: Asbian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Protocalamostachys pettycurensis
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Coenopteridales
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Stauropteris burntislandica
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Coenopteridales
- Zygopteridaceae
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Metadineuron ellipticum
(Kidston 1908)
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Coenopteridales
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Diplolabis roemeri
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Metaclepsydropsis duplex
Williamson 1907
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Botryopteris antiqua
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unclassified
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Bensonites fusiformis
Scott 1908
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Lycopodiopsida
- Isoetales
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Paralycopodites brevifolius
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unclassified
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Stigmaria pettycurense
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Stigmaria ficoides
Sternberg 1822
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Sphenophyllum insigne
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unclassified
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Sphaerostoma ovale
Williamson 1909
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Rhetinangium arberi
Gordon 1912
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Heterotheca grievii
Benson 1922
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Heterangium grievii
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Physostoma sp.
Williamson 1876
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Sphenopsida
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Archaeocalamites goeppertii
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Archaeocalamites goeppertii
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Cordaitales
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Amyelon sp.
Williamson 1874
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unclassified
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Cheirostrobus pettycurensis
Scott 1897
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidodendron pettycurensis
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Lepidophloios scottii
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Sigillariaceae
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Mazocarpon pettycurense
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unclassified
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Lepidocarpon wildianum
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Coniferales
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Lepidostrobus scottii
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Lepidostrobus cylindricus
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Fife |
| Coordinates: | 56.1° North, 3.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.3° South, 0.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Visean |
| *International age/stage: | Asbian | *Local age/stage: | Asbian |
| Key time interval: | Asbian | Zone: | NM Palynozone |
| Age range of interval: | 340.2 - 336.3 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Pettycur | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Most of the limestone from which plant descriptions were taken were found as loose blocks on the shore, however the limestone occurs in situ as isolated blocks or lenses within the lava which crop out around Pettycur | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Loose limestone blocks | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 10646 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | J. Allen |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 2001-06-08 08:07:09 | Last modified: | 2004-01-07 15:01:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-06-08 08:07:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3947. | ETE 391 | A. C. Scott, J. Galtier, and G. Clayton. 1984. Distribution of anatomically-preserved floras in the Lower Carboniferous in Western Europe. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 75:311-340 [H. Sims/H. Sims/H. Sims] |