Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richardson, 1844

Description

Fossil plant, Pseudoctenis eathiensis, from the Upper Jurassic of Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland, part of the Hugh Miller Collection

Museum reference

G.1911.9.3

Collection

Fossils

Scientific name(s)

species: Pseudoctenis eathiensis Richardson, 1844

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Materials

Grey limestone

Physical description

Light brown 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. 135

Figured as ?Cteris falcata by Richards, J. T. 1884. "On Scottish fossil cycadaceous leaves contained in the Hugh Miller collection". Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 4, p. 122

Figured as P. eathiensis by Seward, A. C. 1911. "The Jurassic flora of Sutherland". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 47, part 4, p. 692