Scopus obscurus Benecke 1976

Arberiopsida - Arberiales

Full reference: A. K. Benecke. 1976. Several new forms of Glossopteris fructifications from the Beaufort Daptocephalus-Zone (Upper Permian) of Natal, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 19:97-125

Belongs to Scopus according to A. K. Benecke 1976

Sister taxa: Scopus confertus, Scopus didiscus, Scopus gibbosus

Type specimen: N-Lk 222 a and b, (PB 072) a and b. Its type locality is Loskop, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa.

Distribution: found only at Loskop

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