Scania roof upper coal bed (Jurassic of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (56.1° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Equisetites gracilis Zone (NATHORST) zone, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; claystone

• (...) shales and clays(...) light, often whitish colours predominate the rocks of the basal Lias.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon, original cellulose

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. B. Lundblad. 1950. Studies in the Rhaeto-Liassic Floras of Sweden I (Pteridophyta, Pteridospermae, and Cycadophyta from the mining district of NW Scania). Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1(8):1-82 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31180: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 17.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Lepidopteris Ottonis
Lepidopteris Ottonis Schimper 1869
(GOEPP.) SCHIMPER
Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis Svedbergii
Cladophlebis Svedbergii Brongniart 1849
JOHANSSON
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites gracilis
Equisetites gracilis
(NATHORST) HALLE