Fossil specimen : SM M 472 a – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Lycophyta Class Lycopsida Order Lepidodendrales |
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| Fossil Name | Lepidostrobus dubius Binney |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Lepidostrobus dubius Binney: Holotype Triletes horridus Zerndt Lepidostrobus dubius Binney: Undifferentiated Type Lepidostrobus russellianus Binney Lepidostrobus dubius Binney: Undifferentiated Type Lepidostrobus dubius Binney: Holotype |
| Registration No. | M 472 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 | Arber 1922 b. Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany vol. xlvi (3): pp.176, 177 Binney 1871. Observations on the structure of fossil plants found in the Carboniferous strata Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.52 pl. ix figs. 3,3 a Chaloner 1953. Annals of Botany vol. xvii (5): pp.264-269, 278 (m 472) b-e; text fig.4= m 472 Chaloner 1953. Annals of Botany vol. xvii (6): Chaloner 1953. Annals of Botany vol. xvii (2): Crookall 1966. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales (Palaeontology) vol. iv pt.4 (7): p.498 Woods 1893 b. Geological Magazine n.s. dec. (3), vol. x (2): p.112 |
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