Sphenopteris obovata

Sphenopteris obovata Lindl., Hutton Foss. Fl. Gr. Brit., 2(11): [75]. 1 Jan 1834

Name: Sphenopteris obovata
Rank: Species
Generic Name: [Genus] Sphenopteris
Authors (Pub.): Lindley J. Hutton W.
Publication: The fossil flora of Great Britain [1834/1]
Authors (Book): Lindley J. Hutton W.
Book: The fossil flora of Great Britain
Volume: 2
Fascicle: 11
Page number: [75]
Year: 1834
Fossil Status: foliage
Stratigraphy: Visean
Location: Granton, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. [not originally Newcastle Coalfield, Tyne and Wear, U.K.]
Paleoregion: Laurussia (Avalonia)
Repository: Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Repository Number: HM G01.71
Num: pl. 109
Pub.: The fossil flora of Great Britain [1834/1]

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Adiantites microphyllus

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Cyclopteris obovata

Doweld Alexander at: 09/10/2018 16:58

Lindley & Hutton (l.c. 1834, p.75) stated that this specimen originated from the Newcastle coal-field, but Hawse (1888: 50) & Kidston (1891: 368) considered that the matrix more closely resembled that of fossils from Granton, near Edinburgh.

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