Pettycur Regional Flora: Asbian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lycopodiopsida
- Isoetales
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Paralycopodites brevifolius
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Coniferales
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Lepidostrobus scottii
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Lepidostrobus cylindricus
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unclassified
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Bensonites fusiformis
Scott 1908
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Equisetopsida
- Sphenophyllales
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Sphenophyllum insigne
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidophloios scottii
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Lepidodendron pettycurensis
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Sigillariaceae
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Mazocarpon pettycurense
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unclassified
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Cheirostrobus pettycurensis
Scott 1897
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Cordaitales
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Amyelon sp.
Williamson 1874
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unclassified
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Heterangium grievii
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Heterotheca grievii
Benson 1922
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Sphaerostoma ovale
Williamson 1909
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Physostoma sp.
Williamson 1876
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Rhetinangium arberi
Gordon 1912
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Sphenopsida
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Archaeocalamites goeppertii
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Archaeocalamites goeppertii
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unclassified
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Stigmaria pettycurense
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Stigmaria ficoides
Sternberg 1822
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
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Protocalamostachys pettycurensis
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Coenopteridales
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Diplolabis roemeri
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Coenopteridales
- Zygopteridaceae
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Metadineuron ellipticum
(Kidston 1908)
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Coenopteridales
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Metaclepsydropsis duplex
Williamson 1907
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Stauropteris burntislandica
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Botryopteris antiqua
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unclassified
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Lepidocarpon wildianum
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Fife |
| Coordinates: | 56.1° North, 3.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.3° South, 0.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Visean |
| *International age/stage: | Asbian | *Local age/stage: | Asbian |
| Key time interval: | Asbian | Zone: | NM Palynozone |
| Age range of interval: | 340.20000 - 336.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Pettycur | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Most of the limestone from which plant descriptions were taken were found as loose blocks on the shore, however the limestone occurs in situ as isolated blocks or lenses within the lava which crop out around Pettycur | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Loose limestone blocks | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 10646 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | J. Allen |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 2001-06-08 08:07:09 | Last modified: | 2004-01-07 15:01:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-06-08 08:07:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3947. | ETE 391 | A. C. Scott, J. Galtier, and G. Clayton. 1984. Distribution of anatomically-preserved floras in the Lower Carboniferous in Western Europe. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 75:311-340 [H. Sims/H. Sims/H. Sims] |