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Kankakeea grundyi
Kankakeea grundyi Pfefferk. Paläontol. Z., 47(3–4): 146. Nov 1973
- Name
- Kankakeea grundyi
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Kankakeea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pfefferkorn H. W.
- Publication
- Kankakeea gen. nov., buds for vegetative reproduction in Carboniferous ferns [1973/11]
- Journal
- Paläontologische Zeitschrift
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3–4
- Page number
- 146
- Year
- 1973
- Fossil Status
- buds
- Stratigraphy
- Moscovian
- Strat. comment
- Francis Creek Shale overlying the Colchester (No. 2) Coal Member, base of the Carbondale Formation
- Location
- Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois, USA
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM 19425-19426
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM 19424, UP 50 (counterpart of USNM 19424), ISM 15257 a, b; IGS 4453-4456, specimen in CARR Collection
- Diagnosis
- Thalloid lobed tip of pinna rachis, frequently with equal or unequal dichotomies. Attached to fern-like foliage. Normally shed as an entire unit.
