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Description: | East Kilbride, (Lanarkshire), [Scotland] [Calderwood Beds], Hosie Limestone, Lower Limestone Group, Carboniferous Limestone Series, [Visean], [Carboniferous (Lower)] Part of (the remains of!!) the original type specimen, which has an interesting history:
In 1883, Kidston received from Mr. J. Coutts two sections (nos.51, 52) of a petrified stem. On these sections he named a new species *Lepidodendron textum* (Kidston). Kidston postponed the published description of this stem. Later, the original specimen, which had been lost, was found in Dr. John Young's Collection in the Glasgow Municipal Museum, and Kidston had more sections cut from it, transverse and longitudinal. Kidston, aware of work being done by Zeiller on the cone *Lepidostrobus brownii* (Jongmans), and knowing of the connection between this cone and the petrified axis that he had named *Lepidodendron textum*, decided to delay publication until Zeiller had published his paper on the cone (Zeiller 1909, and 1911). Meanwhile, Chodat of Geneva had obtained a single slide (transvese section) of the original petrifaction and not knowing of Kidston's work on this same material, published a paper on the axis of *Lepidostrobus brownii*, ie *Lepidodendron textum* 1911. No further work was done on the Kidston slides Nos. 1144-1153 until 1933, when Calder published a paper on them, describing the axis more completely than Chodat, who had only the single slide with the wrong horizon and locality at his disposal.
Selected for 'Celebrating Science' exhibition at Paisley Museum (12/2/2010-8/5/2010), but not utilised in final case contents - returned 11/2/2010. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PLANTTRACH : LYCOP : FOSSIL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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