Fossil specimen : SM M 3363 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Plantae Phylum Sphenophyta Class Sphenopsida Order Lyginopteridales |
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| Fossil Name | Sphenopteris kayi Arber |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Sphenopteris kayi Arber Sphenopteris kayi Arber: Syntype |
| Registration No. | M 3363 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Kay, H. |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Granville Clay Pit, Old Hill Station, Staffordshire (S.), England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Etruria Marl Group? |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Westphalian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (308 – 319 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Bashkirian Age ] |
| References | Arber 1913 a. Geological Magazine n.s. dec. v, vol. x (1): pp.215-216 Arber 1916. On the Fossil Floras of the Coal Measures of South Staffordshire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B) vol. 208 (2): pp.127-155, p.129, 142 pl.2 fig.3 Kidston 1923. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales (Palaeontology) vol. ii (3): p.98 pl. xxi figs. 3,3 a, 3 b Kidston 1923. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales (Palaeontology) vol. ii |
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