GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : LIVCM 8.7.70.AC – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Plantae

  Phylum Sphenophyta

    Class Sphenopsida

      Order Lyginopteridales
Fossil Name Sphenopteris coriacea Marrat
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Sphenopteris coriacea Marrat

Sphenopteris corriacea Marrat, 1872
Provenance
Registration No. 8.7.70.AC
Collector Higgins, H H
Donor or Associated Person Higgins Collection
Held By World Museum Liverpool
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Thatto Heath, St Helens
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Middle Coal Measures
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Pennsylvanian Subperiod (Carboniferous Period) (298.9 – 323.2 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Marrat, F P, 1872. Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society, session 13 pp. 99-99, plate 9, figs. 1 & 2.
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