ammonites
P11, Bearreraig Bay (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.5° N, 6.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: discites zone, Holm Sandstone Member (Bearreraig Sandstone Formation), Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 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 24365: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 05.08.2002