Dragneset formation, Jurassic flora of Andøya, northern Norway (Jurassic of Norway)

Where: Norway (66.0° N, 12.3° E: paleocoordinates 57.2° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• Breisanden member

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and coal

• Marine, relatively shallow embayment or beach, high energy environments

Size class: macrofossils

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

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31086: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 11.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
? Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
=Elatides sp
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849
 Bennettitales -
Nilssoniopteris sp. Nathorst 1909
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae