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VIII.—On the Structure and Affinities of Metaclepsydropsis duplex (Williamson)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

W. T. Gordon
W. T. Gordon
Affiliation:
Falconer Fellow ofEdinburgh University, Lecturer in Palæontology, Edinburgh University.
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While collecting specimens of Diplolabis römeri (Solms) at Pettycur about three years ago, I discovered several blocks of stone containing numerous petrified fragments of another Zygopterid fern—Metaclepsydropsis duplex (Williamson). Two of the blocks were found to be parts of one large mass, and the petrifactions could be traced from the one block into the other. In size the complete mass must have been about 3 feet × 2 feet × 2 feet. The larger portion had to be broken into two before it was possible to remove it. Another block containing similar specimens was obtained later, but the preservation was so poor that the whole of the material was discarded.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , 1912 , pp. 163 - 190
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1912

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