Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.0° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 6.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. H. A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert and J. Van der Burgh. 1989. The flora from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Culgower, Sutherland, Scotland. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 61:1-51 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24393: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 06.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Peltaspermopsida | |
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Coniopteris setacea scaly tree fern | |
Phlebopteris dunkeri, "Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti, Hausmannia buchii, Hausmannia dichotoma
"Matonidium goeppertii" = Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cycadopsida | |
Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richards 1911 cycads | |
"Nilssonia orientalis" = Nilsonia cycads
"Nilssonia culgowerensis" = Nilsonia cycads
Nilssonia brevis Brongniart 1825 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Pinopsida | |
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew | |
Masculostrobus | |
Masculostrobus sp. Seward 1911 | |
Masculostrobus zeilleri | |
Masculostrobus zeilleri Seward 1911 | |
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp
Elatocladus sp. Halle 1913 podocarp | |
Williamsonia sp., Otozamites sp., Pterophyllum cycadites, Pterophyllum thomasii, Zamites "sp. cf. buchianus", Ptilophyllum "sp. cf. pectinoides"
Williamsonia sp. Carruthers 1870
Otozamites sp. Braun 1843
Zamites "sp. cf. buchianus" Brongniart 1828
Ptilophyllum "sp. cf. pectinoides" Morris 1840 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825 |