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Cyathoforma carolinensis
Taxonomy
Pecopteris carolinensis was named by Emmons (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ellington's, Rhynie Wicker's property, which is in a Triassic terrestrial shale/bituminous coal in North Carolina.
It was recombined as Laccopteris carolinensis by Fontaine (1883); it was synonymized subjectively with Asterocarpus falcatus by Knowlton (1919); it was recombined as Cyathoforma carolinensis by Bock (1969).
It was recombined as Laccopteris carolinensis by Fontaine (1883); it was synonymized subjectively with Asterocarpus falcatus by Knowlton (1919); it was recombined as Cyathoforma carolinensis by Bock (1969).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1856 | Pecopteris carolinensis Emmons p. 327 |
| 1883 | Laccopteris carolinensis Fontaine |
| 1969 | Cyathoforma carolinensis Bock |
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†Cyathoforma carolinensis Emmons 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available