Fossil specimen : OUM J.01174 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Cycadophyta Class Cycadopsida Order Bennettitales |
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| Fossil Name | Pelourdea megaphylla (Phillips, 1871) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Pelourdea megaphylla (Phillips, 1871) – See Cleal & Rees (2003): Holotype Pelourdea megaphylla (Phillips, 1871) – See Seward (1917): Holotype Zamites megaphyllus (Phillips, 1871) – See Seward (1904): Holotype Palaeozamia megaphylla Phillips, 1871 – See Phillips (1871): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.01174 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| 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. pp. 782, 784, 786 - 787; pl. 13, fig. 1 PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. pp. 169, 171; diagr. XXX, fig. 1 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. p. 110; pl. XII, fig. 4 SEWARD, A.C. 1917. Fossil Plants, a text-book for students of Botany and Geology, III: Pteridospermeae, Cycadofilices, Cordaitales, Cycadophyta. Cambridge University Press. p. 281 |
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