Nilssonia orientalis Heer., 1911

Description

Fossil plant, Nilssonia orientalis, from the Upper Jurassic of Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland, part of the Hugh Miller Collection

Museum reference

G.1911.9.2

Collection

Fossils

Scientific name(s)

species: Nilssonia orientalis Heer., 1911

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Materials

Grey limestone

Physical description

Black plant foliage in a grey muddy limestone

Collection place(s)

Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Collector: Miller, Hugh, 1802 - 1856
Hugh Miller Collection
Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Figured as 'Zamia' by Miller, H. 1857. 'Testimony of the Rocks', fig. 134.

Figured by Seward, A. C. 1911. "The Jurassic flora of Sutherland". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 47, part 4, p. 696, plate 10, photo 46