Fossil specimen : SM K 2216 – Undifferentiated Type
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Pinophyta Class Pinopsida Order Pinales |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pityostrobus leckenbyi (Carruthers) Seward |
| Type Status | Undifferentiated Type |
| Name History | Pityostrobus leckenbyi (Carruthers) Seward Pityostrobus leckenbyi (Carruthers) Seward Pityostrobus leckenbyi (Carruthers) Cedrostrobus leckenbyi (Carruthers): Undifferentiated Type Pinites leckenbyi Carruthers Pinites leckenbyi Carruthers Pinites leckenbyi Carruthers: Holotype |
| Registration No. | K 2216 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Leckenby, John (1814-1877) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Shanklin, Brook, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lower Greensand |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Albian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Aptian Age (Cretaceous Period) (100.5 – 126.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Balfour, J.H. 1872. Introduction to the study of palaeontological botany (2): p.85 pl.ii fig.4 Carruthers 1869. Geological Magazine vol. vi (1): p.2 pl.i figs. 1-5 Creber 1960. Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany vol. lvi (7): p.422 text-figs.1-2?, pl.i figs.4-7 Creber 1967. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London vol. 178 (8): p.150 Seward, A.C. 1919. Fossil Plants PUBL: Cambridge University Press vol. iv (5): p.385 Stopes, M.C. 1915. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History): The Cretaceous flora vol. ii (4): p.143 Woods, H. 1891. Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. Henry Woods with preface by T. McKenny Hughes CUP. 180+xiv SPL: II. 16 (3): p.5 |
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