Where: England, United Kingdom (54.5° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 9.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Saltwick Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, sideritic ironstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: permineralized, original carbon, replaced with other
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: C. R. Hill, D.T. Moore, J.T. Greensmith and R. Williams. 1985. Palaeobotany and petrology of a Middle Jurassic ironstone bed at Wrack Hills, North Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 45(4):277-292 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24212: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Brachyphyllum mamillare Brongniart 1828 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Lycopodites falcatus clubmoss | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849 | |
Coniopteris murrayana Brongniart 1835 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern | |
Neocalamites cf. hoerensis Schimper 1908
Equisetum laterale horsetail
Equisetum beanii horsetail
Equisetum columnare Brongniart 1828 horsetail | |
Cycadopsida | |
Bucklandia gigas cycads | |
Androstrobus sp. Schimper 1870 cycads
Beania sp. Carruthers 1869 cycads | |
Pseudoctenis lanei cycads | |
"Nilssonia tenuinervis" = Nilsonia
"Nilssonia tenuinervis" = Nilsonia cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Zamites gigas, Otozamites simpsonii, Williamsonia gigas, Weltrichia sol, ? Weltrichia sp., Ptilophyllum hirsutum, Ptilophyllum pectinoides
Zamites gigas Lindley and Hutton 1831
Williamsonia gigas Lindley and Hutton 1831
? Weltrichia sp. Braun 1843 | |
Pinopsida | |