Re: paleonet Ptilodictya scalpellum Lonsdale

[Phil Bock <pbock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have seen no recent references.  Etheridge 1888 assigned it to 
Fenestella. That's not a great help now. I don't know of any synonymic 
assignments (information from database compiled by the late Alan 
Horowitz.).

William Douglas Boyce wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to track down recent references to 
> Ptilodictya scalpellum Lonsdale. According to Murchison (1854, page 
> 216; Fossils 36): "It is a common species in the Wenlock Limestone."
>
> Has it been synonymized with something else?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Doug
> ___________________________________________________________
> Murchison, R.I.
> 1854: Siluria. The History of the Oldest Known Rocks containing 
> Organic Remains, with a brief sketch on the distribution of gold over 
> the earth. John Murray, London, 523 pages, Plates I to XXXVII.
> ___________________________________________________________


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