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Gymnocodium forcepinum
Gymnocodium forcepinum J.H. Johnson J. Paleontol., 25(1): 28. 1 Feb 1951
- Name
- Gymnocodium forcepinum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Gymnocodium
- Authors (Pub.)
- Johnson J. H.
- Publication
- Permian calcareous Algae from the Apache Mountains, Texas [1951/2]
- Journal
- Journal of Paleontology
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 28
- Year
- 1951
- Fossil Status
- thallus (calcareous)
- Stratigraphy
- Permian
- Location
- Seven Heart Gap, Apache Mountains, Culberson County, Texas, USA
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Syntypus
- Repository
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
- Repository Number
- Johnson Collection, Slides 826 & 1085
- Diagnosis
- Thallus cylindrical, pinching and swelling, growing tips open, shaped like the end of a pair of tongs or forceps. Surface covered with round pores arranged in fairly regular rows. Sporangia oval.
