P10, Bearreraig Bay (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.5° N, 6.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Udairn Shale Member (Bearreraig Sandstone Formation), Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• Contained within a 120-m thick central portion of the Bearreraig Sandstone Formation, estimated by the authors to represent 10 million years

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• plant remains are preserved in calcareous nodules within marine sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, permineralized, charcoalification, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. M. Bateman, N. Morton, and B.L. Dower. 2000. Early Middle Jurassic plant communities in Northwest Scotland: Paleoecological and paleoclimatic significance. GeoResearch Forum 6:501-512 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24364: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 05.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

• The records for 'Taxodioxylon' and 'Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare' represent the following from Fig.1 of Bateman et al.: "Large woody axes (mostly cf. Taxodioxylon)", "Unidentified wood fragments (?mostly cf. Taxodioxylon)", and "Leafy shoots (mostly Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare)".
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia cf. tenuinervis" = Nilsonia
"Nilssonia cf. tenuinervis" = Nilsonia cycads
 Bennettitales -
cf. Otozamites penna
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
cf. Taxodioxylon sp.
cf. Taxodioxylon sp. Hartig 1848 cypress
Polypodiopsida
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Phlebopteris woodwardii, ? Hausmannia buchii
? Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855