Oxroad Bay, Loose Block OBC084: Tournaisian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnospermopsida
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Gymnospermopsida informal Ovulate cupule C seed repro, seed/fruit
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Protocalamostachys sp. multi organs, non-seed repro
Walton 1949
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| sporangia with mega- and microspores | ||||||||||
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Ginkgoopsida
- Calamopityales
- Calamopityaceae
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Deltasperma fouldenense seed/fruit
Long 1961
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Eosperma oxroadense seed/fruit
Barnard 1959
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unclassified
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cf. Eccroustosperma langtonense seed/fruit
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Lyginorachis sp. leaf
Kidston 1923
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Dolichosperma cf. sexangulatum seed/fruit
Long 1961
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Buteoxylonales
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Buteoxylon gordonianum axis, leaf
Barnard and Long 1973
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unclassified
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Bilignea cf. solida axis, leaf
Kidston 1923
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Stamnostoma sp. seed/fruit
Long 1960
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Tantallosperma setigera seed/fruit
Barnard and Long 1973
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Hydrasperma tenuis seed/fruit
Long 1961
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cf. Eurystoma burnense seed/fruit
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cf. Telangium sp. seed repro, microspore
Benson 1904
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cf. Melissiotheca sp. seed repro, microspore
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Cordaitales
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Amyelon spp. root
Williamson 1874
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unclassified
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Oxroadia sp. axis
Alvin 1965
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Setispora pannosa megaspore
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | East Lothian |
| Coordinates: | 56.0° North, 3.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° South, 13.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.9 - 346.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lower Lothian Calciferous Sandstone Measures (Series) | Formation: | Garlton Hills Volcanics | Member: | Sunnyside/Rhodes Limestone |
| Stratigraphy comments: Scottish Midland Valley | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | back-arc basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression,permineralized,charcoalification |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: From a single loose block at Oxroad Bay | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36224 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | J. Cassara |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2004-01-19 13:45:51 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-19 13:45:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3954. | ETE 234 | R. M. Bateman and G. W. Rothwell. 1990. A reappraisal of the Dinantian floras at Oxroad Bay, East Lothian, Scotland. 1. Floristics and the development of whole-plant concepts. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 81:127-159 [H. Sims/J. Allen/H. Sims] |