Gristhorpe Plant Bed, Cayton Bay (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.2° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gristhorpe Member (Cloughton Formation), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; claystone and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert and H.S. Morgans. 1999. The Jurassic Flora of Yorkshire. Palaeontological Association Field Guides to Fossils 8:1-134 [D. Royer/D. Royer/D. Royer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 35122: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 13.11.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
"Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
"Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
Schizeaceae
  - Schizeaceae
Klukia exilis Phillips 1890
Eboracia lobifolia
  -
Eboracia lobifolia Phillips 1911
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis sulcicaulis Phillips 1829
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris bella scaly tree fern
Coniopteris murrayana Brongniart 1835 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
  - Dicksoniaceae
  - Osmundaceae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
 Cycadales - Beaniaceae
Androstrobus manis Harris 1941 cycads
Beania gracilis Carruthers 1869 cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
 Cycadales -
Nilsonia compta Phillips 1905 cycads
  -
Caytonanthus
  - Glossophyllaceae
Caytonanthus arberi
  - Glossophyllaceae
Caytonanthus arberi Thomas 1925
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
 Ginkgoales -
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo digitata Brongniart 1830 ginkgo
 Czekanowskiales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
 Coniferales -
Bilsdalea dura Harris 1952
 Bennettitales -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Hepaticae
  -