Sphenophyllum erosum

Sphenophyllum erosum Lindl., Hutton ex Bunbury Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London, Part I, 3(12=4): 430. 1 Nov 1847

Name: Sphenophyllum erosum
Rank: Species
Generic Name: [Genus] Sphenophyllum
Replaced Name: Sphenophyllum erosum
Authors (Name): Lindley J. Hutton W.
Authors (Pub.): Bunbury C. J. F., Sr
Publication: On fossil plants from the Coal Formation of Cape Breton [1847/11]
Journal: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
Annee/Jahrgang: Part I
Volume: 3
Issue: 12=4
Page number: 430
Year: 1847
Fossil Status: leafy twigs
Stratigraphy: Moscovian
Location: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada; Jarrow Colliery, Tyne and Wear, England, U.K. [LECTOTYPUS]; Staffordshire and Pembrokeshire, U.K.
Paleoregion: Laurussia
Designated by: G. Lebour, Cat. Hutton Coll. 22. 6 Apr 1878
Repository: Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Repository Number: Hutton Coll. # 5B
Num: pl. 13
Descr.: originally designated as a ' type specimen'
Pub.: The Fossil flora of Great Britain [1831/10]
Num: pl. 23: 3A, 3B
Pub.: On fossil plants from the Coal Formation of Cape Breton [1847/11]
Num: pl. 13
Pub.: The Fossil flora of Great Britain [1831/10]

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Sphenophyllum erosum Varietas saxifragifolium

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Sphenophyllum schlotheimii Varietas erosum

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