Fossil specimen : OUM J.23946 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Cycadophyta Class Cycadopsida Order Bennettitales |
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| Fossil Name | Hepaticites arcuatus (Lindley & Hutton, 1836) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Hepaticites arcuatus (Lindley & Hutton, 1836) – See Newman & Chatt-Ramsey (1988): Holotype Hepaticites arcuatus (Lindley & Hutton, 1836) – See Harris (1961): Holotype Fucoides arcuatus Lindley & Hutton, 1836 – See Seward (1900): Holotype Fucoides arcuatus Lindley & Hutton, 1836 – See Phillips (1875): Holotype Fucoides arcuatus Lindley & Hutton, 1836 – See Morris (1843): Holotype Fucoides arcuatus Lindley & Hutton, 1836 – See Lindley & Hutton (1835): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.23946 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Phillips, J. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Gristhorpe, North Yorkshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Gristhorpe Member, Gristhorpe Plant Bed |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bajocian Age (Jurassic Period) (168.3 – 170.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | HARRIS, T.M. 1961. The Yorkshire Jurassic Flora, I, Thallophyta - Pteridophyta. Trustees of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London, 1-212. p. 7 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. 93; pl. 185 MORRIS, J. 1843. A catalogue of British Fossils . . . London: J. Van Voorst, i-x, 222 pp. p. 23 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. 56 PHILLIPS, J. 1875. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire, I: The Yorkshire Coast. John Murray, London, 3rd edition, 354 pp., pls I-XXVIII. p. 195; lign. 1 SEWARD, A.C. 1900. Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology British Museum (Natural History). The Jurassic Flora: I - The Yorkshire Coast. London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1-325, pls I-XXI. p. 48 |
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