Fossil specimen : SM K 278 – Undifferentiated Type
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum - Class - Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Nilssonia tenuicaulis (Phillips) Fox-Strangways |
| Type Status | Undifferentiated Type |
| Name History | Nilssonia tenuicaulis (Phillips) Fox-Strangways Nilssonia mediana (Leckenby ex Bean ms.): Undifferentiated Type Pterophyllum medianum (Bean ms.) Leckenby Pterophyllum medianum Bean ms. Pterophyllum medianum Bean ms. (Leckenby): Undifferentiated Type Pterophyllum medianum Bean |
| Registration No. | K 278 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Middle Shale |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Bajocian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 170.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Harris 1943. Annals and Magazine of Natural History vol. (11) x (6): p.844 Leckenby 1864. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xx (2): p.77 pl.viii fig.3on p.77, and in explanation of plate, Leckenby states that fig.2 is medianum; but his description evidently refers to fig.3 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 (3): p. 226 fig.55 Seward, A.C. 1900. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History): The Jurassic flora vol. i (5): p.228 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 (4): p.6 |
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