Research
New Plants Described
Bisporangiostrobus harrisii
CMNH P-3180 |
1988b. Bisporangiostrobus harrisii gen. et sp. nov., an eligulate lycopsid cone with Duosporites megaspores and Geminospora microspores from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Palaeontographica Stuttgart, 210:4-6, 127-149. (With D. C. McGregor).
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Smeadia clevelandensis
CMNH P-3379 |
2004a. Smeadia Clevelandensi, gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio, U.S.A. Shya Chitaley and Cheng-Sen Li. Palaeontographica Beitrage Zur Naturgeschichte Der Vorzeit Stuttgart, Band 268:75-92, with 10 plates, 5 text-figures and 1 table.
This fossil was named in honor of the Smead Family who have been strong supporters of the Paleobotany Department.
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Clevelandodendron ohioensis
CMNH P-2974
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1996. “Clevelandodendron ohioensis, gen. et sp. nov., a slender upright lycopsid from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio.” American Journal of Botany, vol. 83(6)781-789. (With Kathleen B. Pigg).
Clevelandodendron ohioensis, a slender club moss, was identified and determined to be a new species in 1996, was named in honor of the Bi-centennial Anniversary of the City of Cleveland, Ohio. It grew 363 million years ago during the Upper Devonian Period and was found in the Cleveland Shale Formation during construction of I-71 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Unnamed lycopsid cone (CMNH P-4207)
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This unnamed lycopsid cone (CMNH P-4207) is from the Cleveland Shale Formation and is Upper Devonian in age was uncovered during I-71 construction in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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