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Elkinsia polymorpha
Elkinsia polymorpha G.W. Rothwell, Scheckler, W.H. Gillespie Bot. Gaz., 150(2): 173. Jun 1989
- Name
- Elkinsia polymorpha
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Elkinsia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Rothwell G. W.
Scheckler S. E.
Gillespie W. H.
- Publication
- Elkinsia gen. nov., a Late Devonian gymnosperm with cupulate ovules [1989/6]
- Journal
- Botanical Gazette
- Volume
- 150
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 173
- Year
- 1989
- Fossil Status
- insynangescenceswith ovules (with ovules)
- Stratigraphy
- Famennian
- Strat. comment
- Upper Hampshire Formation
- Location
- South side of U.S. Route 33, 10 km east of the intersection of U.S. Route 33 and West Virginia Route 219 at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
- Latitude/Longitude
- 38:54'25"N
- 79:43'42"W
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Ohio University, Paleobotanical Herbarium, Athens, USA
- Repository Number
- OU specimen #74-2; OUPH #8,811-8,814
