Dragneset formation, Jurassic flora of Andøya, northern Norway: Kimmeridgian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Teaniopteris sp.
Mirovia lagerheimii
Mirovia persulcata
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849
Bennettitales
Nilssoniopteris sp. Nathorst 1909
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Sciadopitytes lagerheimii
Sciadopitytes persulcata
Sciadopitytes nathorstii
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
? Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
=Elatides sp
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 66.0° North, 12.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.2° North, 17.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:4 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic *Epoch:Malm
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Jurassic flora of Andøya, northern Norway
Stratigraphy comments: Breisanden member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: coal
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Marine, relatively shallow embayment or beach, high energy environments
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression,original carbon,original cellulose
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:31086
Authorizer:C. Looy Enterer:W. Puijk
Modifier:W. Puijk Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-11 03:04:55 Last modified:2003-04-28 05:46:46
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-11 03:04:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8405. S.B. Manum, M.N. Bose, and J. Os Vigran. 1991. The Jurassic Flora of Andoya, northern Norway. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 68:233-256 [C. Looy/W. Puijk/W. Puijk]