Sagenopteris phillipsi Brongniart, 1911

Description

Fossil plant, Sagenopteris phillipsi, from the Upper Jurassic of Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland, part of the Hugh Miller Collection

Museum reference

G.1911.9.9

Collection

Fossils

Scientific name(s)

species: Sagenopteris phillipsi Brongniart, 1911

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 by Miller, H. 1857. 'Testimony of the Rocks', p. 386, fig. 141 (right)