Fossil specimen : OUM J.38471 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Cycadophyta Class Cycadopsida Order Bennettitales |
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| Fossil Name | Sphenozamites bellii Seward, 1904 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Sphenozamites bellii Seward, 1904 – See Cleal & Rees (2003): Holotype Sphenozamites bellii Seward, 1904 – See Seward (1917): Holotype Sphenozamites bellii Seward, 1904 – See Seward (1904): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.38471 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Bell, A.M. 1903 |
| 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. p. 760; pl. 6, 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. pp. 119, 120; text-fig. 12 SEWARD, A.C. 1917. Fossil Plants, a text-book for students of Botany and Geology, III: Pteridospermeae, Cycadofilices, Cordaitales, Cycadophyta. Cambridge University Press. p. 588; fig. 629 |
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