Fossil specimen : OUM J.01150 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Pteridophyta Class Pteropsida Order Filicales |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | cf. Coniopteris |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | cf. Coniopteris – See Cleal & Rees (2003) Sphenopteris – See Newman & Chatt-Ramsey (1988) Sphenopteris cysteoides Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Seward (1904): Holotype Sphenopteris cysteoides Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Phillips (1871): Holotype Sphenopteris cysteoides Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Morris (1843): Holotype Sphenopteris cysteoides Lindley & Hutton, 1835 – See Lindley & Hutton (1835): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.01150 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Old OUM Collection; Buckland, W. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Stonesfield, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Stonesfield Slate |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | CLEAL, C.J. and REES, P.M. 2003. The Middle Jurassic Flora from Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, UK. Palaeontology, 46 (4), 739-801. p. 746 LINDLEY, J. and HUTTON, W. 1835-1837. The Fossil Flora of Great Britain; or figures and descriptions of the vegetable remains found in a fossil state in this country, part III. Ridgeway, London. p. 68; pl. 176 A MORRIS, J. 1843. A catalogue of British Fossils . . . London: J. Van Voorst, i-x, 222 pp. p. 22 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 PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. p. 169; diagr. XXVIII, fig. 7 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. 75, 79, 92 |
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