Fossil specimen : OUM J.01144 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Cycadophyta Class Cycadopsida Order Bennettitales |
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| Fossil Name | Cycadeoidea pygmaea Lindley & Hutton, 1835 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Cycadeoidea pygmaea Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Newman & Chatt-Ramsey (1988): Holotype Cycadeoidea pygmaea Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Powell & Edmonds (1978): Holotype Cycadeoidea pygmaea Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Seward (1917): Holotype Cycadeoidea pygmaea Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Seward (1904): Holotype Zamites pygmaeus (Lindley & Hutton, 1835) – See Morris (1843): Holotype Zamites pygmaeus (Lindley & Hutton, 1835) – See Morris (1841): Holotype – See Buckland (1836) Cycadeoidea pygmaea Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Lindley & Hutton (1833): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.01144 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Philpot, E. 1880 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Lyme Regis, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Blue Lias Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Sinemurian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (190.8 – 209.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | BUCKLAND, W. 1836. Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology: Bridgewater Treatise VI, I, 1-599. p. 492 LINDLEY, J. and HUTTON, W. 1833-1835. The Fossil Flora of Great Britain; or figures and descriptions of the vegetable remains found in a fossil state in this country, part II. Ridgeway, London. p. 175; pl. 143 MORRIS, J. 1841. Remarks upon the Recent and Fossil Cycadeae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., series 1, VII, 110-120. p. 116 MORRIS, J. 1843. A catalogue of British Fossils . . . London: J. Van Voorst, i-x, 222 pp. p. 25 NEWMAN, A. and CHATT-RAMSEY, J. 1988. A catalogue of specimens figured in "The Fossil Flora", by John Lindley (1799-1865) and William Hutton (1797-1860), held by the Hancock Museum Newcastle upon Tyne. The Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, v-vii, 1-67. p. 55 POWELL, H.P. and EDMONDS, J.M. 1978. List of Type-fossils in the Philpot Collection, Oxford University Museum. Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. archaeol. Soc., 98 (for 1976), 48-53. p. 49 SEWARD, A.C. 1904. Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology British Museum (Natural History). The Jurassic Flora: II - Liassic and Oolitic floras of England. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 23, 47 SEWARD, A.C. 1917. Fossil Plants, a text-book for students of Botany and Geology, III: Pteridospermeae, Cycadofilices, Cordaitales, Cycadophyta. Cambridge University Press. pp. 368, 417 |
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