Fossil specimen : SM M 32 a – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Lycophyta Class Lycopsida Order Lepidodendrales |
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| Fossil Name | Lepidostrobus russellianus Binney emend. Chaloner |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Lepidostrobus russellianus Binney emend. Chaloner: Lectotype Lycospora Triletes rugosus (Loose) Schopf Lepidostrobus russelianus Binney: Undifferentiated Type Lepidostrobus russellianus Binney Lepidostrobus russellianus Binney: Syntype |
| Registration No. | M 32 a |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Binney, Edward William (1812-1881) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments | specimen : (part a) |
| Country | Scotland |
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| Locality | Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Black Band Ironstone |
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| Biozone | Modiolaris |
| Geological Age |
Westphalian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (308 – 319 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Bashkirian Age ] |
| References | Binney 1871. Observations on the structure of fossil plants found in the Carboniferous strata Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.51 pl. ix fig.1, 1 a Chaloner 1953. Annals of Botany vol. xvii (5): pp.278-281, fig.17 a 17 b 17 c Chaloner 1953. Annals of Botany vol. xvii (4): pp.279, 208 figs.13, 13 a, m 32 d; fig.14, m 32 b Chaloner 1953. Annals of Botany vol. xvii (3): pp.277, 278 Crookall 1966. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales (Palaeontology) vol. iv pt.4 (6): p.500 |
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