Fossil specimen : SM K 245 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum - Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Ctenozamites leckenbyi (Leckenby) Nathorst |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Ctenozamites leckenbyi (Leckenby) Nathorst: Lectotype Ctenopteris leckenbyi (Leckenby) Ctenopteris cycadea (Brongniart) Ptilozamites (Ctenozamites) leckenbyi (Leckenby ex Bean ms.): Undifferentiated Type Ptilozamites leckenbyi (Bean ms.) Odontopteris leckenbyi Zigno Ctenis leckenbyi Bean ms.: Undifferentiated Type |
| Registration No. | K 245 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Gristhorpe, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Inferior Oolite (Woods 1891) |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 174.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Harris 1943. Annals and Magazine of Natural History vol. (11) x (6): p.515 Harris 1947. The Yorkshire Jurassic Flora. British Museum (Natural History) vol. ii (error for 1964 ??) (7): pp.91, 93 Leckenby 1864. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xx (1): p.78 pl.x fig.1a Phillips, John 1875. The Yorkshire coast Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire: or a description of the strata and organic remains part 1 3rd edition Publ: John Murray (2): p.218 fig.41 Seward, A.C. 1900. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History): The Jurassic flora vol. i (4): p.238 Seward, A.C. 1904. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History): The Jurassic flora vol. ii (5): p.36 mentioned by Seward as bearing a close resemblance to Ctenopteris cycadea (Brongniart) 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.6 |
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