Fossil specimen : OUM E.00209 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Cycadophyta Class Cycadopsida Order Medullosales |
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| Fossil Name | Odontopteris lindleyana Sternberg, 1833 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Odontopteris lindleyana Sternberg, 1833 – See Kvaček & Straková (1997): Holotype Neuropteris scheuchzeri Hoffman, 1826 – See Newman & Chatt-Ramsey (1988) Neuropteris scheuchzeri Hoffman, 1826 – See Crookall (1959) Neuropteris scheuchzeri Hoffman, 1826 – See Kidston (1891) Odontopteris lindleyana Sternberg, 1833 – See Kidston (1888): Holotype Odontopteris lindleyana Sternberg, 1833 – See Morris (1843): Holotype Odontopteris lindleyana Sternberg, 1833 – See Sternberg (1833): Holotype Odontopteris obtusa Lindley & Hutton, 1832 – See Lindley & Hutton (1832) |
| Registration No. | E.00209 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Buckland, W. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | On slab with Neuropteris cordata Brongniart. ? Westphalian C or D |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Leebotwood Coal Pit, Shropshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Coal Measures Supergroup |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Westphalian Substage D (Carboniferous Period) – Westphalian Substage C (Carboniferous Period) (307 – 310 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Westphalian Substage C ] |
| References | CROOKALL, R. 1959. Fossil Plants of the Carboniferous rocks of Great Britain. Mem. geol. Surv. G.B. (Palaeontology), IV, (2), 178-188. pp. 178, 186; pl. LVII, fig. 5 KIDSTON, R. 1888. On the fossil flora of the Radstock Series of the Somerset & Bristol coal field (Upper Coal Measures), 1. Trans. R. Soc. Edinb., XXXIII (2). p. 363 KIDSTON, R. 1891. Notes on Palaeozoic species mentioned in Lindley & Hutton's "Fossil Flora". Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinb., X, (for 1888-90), 345-391. pp. 358 - 389 KVAČEK, J. and STRAKOVÁ, M. 1997. Catalogue of fossil plants described in works of Kaspar M. Sternberg. National Museum Prague, 201 pp., pls A, 1-67. pp. 95 - 96 LINDLEY, J. and HUTTON, W. 1832. The Fossil Flora of Great Britain; or figures and descriptions of the vegetable remains found in a fossil state in this country, part I. Ridgeway, London. p. 117; pl. XL, figs 1, 2 MORRIS, J. 1843. A catalogue of British Fossils . . . J. Van Voorst, London, x + 222 pp. p. 14 NEWMAN, A. and CHATT-RAMSEY, J. 1988. A catalogue of specimens figured in "The Fossil Flora", by John Lindley (1799-1865) & William Hutton (1797-1860), held by the Hancock Museum Newcastle upon Tyne. The Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, v-vii, 1-67. p. 53 STERNBERG, K.M. 1833. Versuch einer geognostisch-botanischen darstellung der Flora der III, 39 pp., pls XXVII-XXXIX. Regensberg. Vorwelt, II (V). p. 78 |
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